Men throw themselves on foreign assistances to spare their own, which, after all, are the only certain and sufficient ones.
Michel de MontaigneI do not know whether I would not like much better to have produced one perfectly formed child by intercourse with the muses than by intercourse with my wife.
Michel de MontaigneIf health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible.
Michel de Montaigne