Entry 109

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
Montaigne

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
Montaigne

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
Montaigne

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
Montaigne

The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
Montaigne

The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
Montaigne