Arms have no more security than surnames. I bear azure powdered with t… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

Arms have no more security than surnames. I bear azure powdered with trefoils or, with a lion's paw of the same armed gules in fesse. What privilege has this to continue particularly in my house? A son-in-law will transport it into another family, or some paltry purchaser will make them his first arms. There is nothing wherein there is more change and confusion.

Lugar: CHAPTER XLVI · ¶1488
Licencia: Public domain · Fuente
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