We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

God has given us evidence sufficiently clear to convince those with an open heart and mind.

The married should not forget that to speak of love begets love.

We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be?

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures.

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

It is not in Montaigne, but in myself, that I find all that I see in him.