The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of… - Michel de Montaigne

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

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.

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

'T is one and the same Nature that rolls on her course, and whoever has sufficiently considered the present state of things might certainly conclude as to both the future and the past.