An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.
Michel de MontaigneFear sometimes adds wings to the heels, and sometimes nails them to the ground, and fetters them from moving.
Michel de MontaigneNot being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.
Michel de MontaigneWhat we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility and serenity of their climate; I rather attribute it to the tranquility and serenity of their souls, which are free from all passion, thought, or any absorbing and unpleasant labors. Those people spend their lives in an admirable simplicity and ignorance, without letters, without law, without king, without any manner of religion.
Michel de Montaigne