Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.

My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.

Man is stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens.

It should be noted that children's games are not merely games. One should regard them as their most serious activities.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

I tell the truth, not as much as I would like to, but as much as I dare. I dare more and more as I grow older.

Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.

He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.