Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Michel de MontaigneThe value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Michel de MontaigneThere is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.
Michel de MontaignePeoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the same .
Michel de Montaigne