Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.Michel de Montaigne
The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.Michel de Montaigne
The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene.Michel de Montaigne
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little.Michel de Montaigne
Those who have compared our life to a dream were right - we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.Michel de Montaigne
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.Michel de Montaigne
