Wisdom and Joy

 

A cheery thought from Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592):

The surest sign of Wisdom
  is constant cheerfulness

... or more literally, "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." (La plus expresse marque de la sagesse, c'est un ejouïssance constante; son estat est comme des choses au dessus de la Lune: toujours serein.)

(Book I Chapter 26; cf. Not Marvelous Enough (2013-12-31), No Expectation (2015-01-02), Johnson on Virtue (2016-07-01), New Superpower (2018-10-27), ...) - ^z - 2019-02-06