Peder Horner

“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays”
― Michel de Montaigne

“His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.”
― Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation.”
― Samuel Johnson

“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays