Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
Michel de MontaigneMight I have had my own will, I would not have married Wisdom herself, if she would have had me.
Michel de MontaigneThere is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the trees and plants. We owe justice to people, and kindness and benevolence to all other creatures who may be susceptible of it. There is some intercourse between them and us, and some mutual obligation.
Michel de Montaigne