Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

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

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

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

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.