Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.

It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.