The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. -Michel de Montaigne Life
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. -Michel de Montaigne Nature
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. -Michel de Montaigne Courage
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. -Michel de Montaigne Education
I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. -Michel de Montaigne Truth
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self. -Michel de Montaigne Future
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. -Michel de Montaigne Wisdom
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages. -Michel de Montaigne Legal
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. -Michel de Montaigne Wisdom
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. -Michel de Montaigne Strength
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. -Michel de Montaigne Valentinesday
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it. -Michel de Montaigne Death
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. -Michel de Montaigne Marriage
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. -Michel de Montaigne Education
