Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.
Michel de MontaigneI turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.
Michel de MontaigneLet us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
Michel de MontaigneThe human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.
Michel de Montaigne