If I had even the slightest grasp upon my own faculties, I would not make essays, I would make decisions. - Michel de Montaigne

"Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him."

-from "By diverse means we arrive at the same end"

The usefulness of living lies not in duration but in what you make of it. Some have lived long and lived little. See to it while you are still here. Whether you have lived enough depends not on a count of years but on your will.

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!