A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
Michel de MontaigneAnd truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?
Michel de MontaigneThere is nothing in which a horse's power is better revealed than in a neat, clean stop.
Michel de MontaigneThe great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live with a purpose.
Michel de MontaigneLearning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in the jar that it is kept in. One man sees clearly but does not see straight: consequently he sees what is good but fails to follow it; he sees knowledge and does not use it.
Michel de Montaigne