For a desperate disease a desperate cure.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne Quotes
Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.
Once upon a time I used to mark as exceptional the dark, depressing days: those days are now my routine ones; it is the ones which are beautiful and serene which are extraordinary now. I am close to the point when I shall jump for joy and accept anything which does not actually hurt as […]
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is… opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.
There is no conversation more boring than one where everybody agrees.
Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.
The Ancients used to bathe every day before dinner; it was as usual as our washing our hands; at first they only bathed their arms and legs but subsequently (by a custom which lasted several centuries among most of the people of the Roman world) they stripped naked and washed in a mixture of water […]
The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.
