“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.”

More from Michel de Montaigne

• “I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.”

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

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