INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## LETTERS ## BOOK ONE ## BOOK TWO ## BOOK THREE ## BOOKMARKS TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE PREFACE THE LETTERS 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, 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. ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 BOOK THE FIRST 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 CHAPTER V WHETHER THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF 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 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE CHAPTER XVI A PROCEEDING OF SOME AMBASSADORS CHAPTER XVII OF FEAR CHAPTER XVIII 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; 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 CHAPTER XXVI 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 WE ARE TO AVOID PLEASURES, EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFE CHAPTER XXXIII FORTUNE IS OFTEN 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 RELISH FOR GOOD AND EVIL DEPENDS UPON OUR OPINION CHAPTER XLI NOT TO COMMUNICATE A MAN’S HONOUR