There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.
Michel de MontaigneIt is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
Michel de MontaigneThe religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.
Michel de MontaigneAll opinions in the world agree in this, that pleasure is our end, although they differ as to the means of attaining it.
Michel de Montaigne