The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it; and though he may be unwilling to take it into his inmost soul, he at least decks himself out in its trappings.
Michel de MontaignePrinces give mee sufficiently, if they take nothing from me, and doe me much good, if they doe me no hurt: it is all I require of them.
Michel de MontaigneOnce you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.
Michel de Montaigne