Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
Michel de MontaigneOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
Michel de MontaigneIt is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
Michel de MontaigneA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
Michel de MontaigneNo wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Michel de MontaigneA good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel de MontaigneThere is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
Michel de MontaigneWe are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
Michel de MontaigneThere is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
Michel de MontaigneStubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Michel de Montaigne