There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
Michel de MontaigneWe are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.
Michel de MontaigneOur zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.
Michel de MontaigneWe seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a worse engine far.
Michel de Montaigne