More quotes by Michel de Montaigne

"I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;but so far as I can remember,I have followed none but my own."
"I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself."
"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."
"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 years, but on your will."
"Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed of our angers and disputes, we can never enough decry the disorderly sallies of our minds."