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- Preface
- THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE
- I. — —To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE
- II. — —To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE
- III. — —To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC
- IV. — —To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
- V. — —To Monsieur, Monsieur de L’HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
- VI. — —To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, and Ambassador of His Majesty to the Signory of Venice
- VII. — —To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife
- VIII. — —To Monsieur DUPUY
- IX. — —To the Jurats of Bordeaux
- X. — —To the same
- XI. — —To the same
- XII
- XIII. — —To Mademoiselle PAULMIER
- XIV. — —To the KING, HENRY IV
- XV. — —To the same
- XVI. — —To the Governor of Guienne
- CHAPTER I — —THAT MEN BY VARIOUS WAYS ARRIVE AT THE SAME END
- CHAPTER II — —OF SORROW
- CHAPTER III — —THAT OUR AFFECTIONS CARRY THEMSELVES BEYOND US.
- CHAPTER IV — —THAT THE SOUL EXPENDS ITS PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS, WHERE THE TRUE ARE WANTING
- CHAPTER V — —WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY
- CHAPTER VI — —THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS
- CHAPTER VII — —THAT THE INTENTION IS JUDGE OF OUR ACTIONS
- CHAPTER VIII — —OF IDLENESS
- CHAPTER IX — —OF LIARS
- CHAPTER X — —OF QUICK OR SLOW SPEECH
- CHAPTER XI — —OF PROGNOSTICATIONS
- CHAPTER XII — —OF CONSTANCY
- CHAPTER XIII — —THE CEREMONY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES
- CHAPTER XIV — —THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED
- CHAPTER XV — —OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE
- CHAPTER XVI — —A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS
- CHAPTER XVII — —OF FEAR
- CHAPTER XVIII — —THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH
- CHAPTER XIX — —THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE
- CHAPTER XX — —OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
- CHAPTER XXI — —THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XXII — —OF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED
- CHAPTER XXIII — —VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL
- CHAPTER XXIV — —OF PEDANTRY
- CHAPTER XXV — —OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
- TO MADAME DIANE DE FOIX, Comtesse de Gurson
- CHAPTER XXVI — —THAT IT IS FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY
- CHAPTER XXVII — —OF FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XXVIII — —NINE AND TWENTY SONNETS OF ESTIENNE DE LA BOITIE
- CHAPTER XXIX — —OF MODERATION
- CHAPTER XXX — —OF CANNIBALS
- CHAPTER XXXI — —THAT A MAN IS SOBERLY TO JUDGE OF THE DIVINE ORDINANCES
- CHAPTER XXXII — —THAT WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XXXIII — —THAT FORTUNE IS OFTEN-TIMES OBSERVED TO ACT BY THE RULE OF REASON
- CHAPTER XXXIV — —OF ONE DEFECT IN OUR GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XXXV — —OF THE CUSTOM OF WEARING CLOTHES
- CHAPTER XXXVI — —OF CATO THE YOUNGER
- CHAPTER XXXVII — —THAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING
- CHAPTER XXXVIII — —OF SOLITUDE
- CHAPTER XXXIX — —A CONSIDERATION UPON CICERO
- CHAPTER XL — —THAT THE RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE OPINION WE HAVE OF THEM
- CHAPTER XLI — —NOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN’S HONOUR
- CHAPTER XLII — —OF THE INEQUALITY AMOUNGST US.
- CHAPTER XLIII — —OF SUMPTUARY LAWS
- CHAPTER XLIV — —OF SLEEP
- CHAPTER XLV — —OF THE BATTLE OF DREUX
- CHAPTER XLVI — —OF NAMES
- CHAPTER XLVII — —OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR JUDGMENT
- CHAPTER XLVIII — —OF WAR HORSES, OR DESTRIERS
- CHAPTER XLIX — —OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER L — —OF DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS
- CHAPTER LI — —OF THE VANITY OF WORDS
- CHAPTER LII — —OF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS
- CHAPTER LIII — —OF A SAYING OF CAESAR
- CHAPTER LIV — —OF VAIN SUBTLETIES
- CHAPTER LV — —OF SMELLS
- CHAPTER LVI — —OF PRAYERS
- CHAPTER LVII — —OF AGE