Michel Montaigne

. . . there is nevertheless a certain respect, a general duty to humanity, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants. We owe justice to men, and graciousness and benignity to other creatures . . . there is a certain commerce and mutual obligation betwixt them and us.

Lies - Lying::"He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.

After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators.

A noble farce, wherein kinds, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre.

are, at most, but inconsiderable props and appendages.

Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.

The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

Since I would rather make of him [the child] an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to Choose a guide [tutor] with a well-made rather than a well-filled head.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.