Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.
Michel de MontaigneFrom Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.
Michel de MontaigneThose sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret as to escape their attention or their jurisdiction.
Michel de MontaigneHuman wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those pleasures that are naturally our due, as she employs it favorably and well in artificially disguising and tricking out the ills of life to alleviate the sense of them.
Michel de Montaigne