We every day and every hour say things of another that we might more properly say of ourselves, could we but apply our observations to our own concerns.
Michel de MontaigneAfter they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men, to the gladiators.
Michel de MontaigneExperience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
Michel de MontaigneThe bitterness of the potion, and the abhorrence of the patient are necessary circumstances to the operation. It must be something to trouble and disturb the stomach that must purge and cure it.
Michel de Montaigne