I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.