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
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.Michel de Montaigne
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.Michel de Montaigne
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
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.Michel de Montaigne
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.Michel de Montaigne
Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.Michel de Montaigne
