A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.
Michel de MontaigneIf there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
Michel de MontaigneA liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
Michel de MontaignePainting myself for others, I have painted my inward self with colors clearer than my original ones. I have no more made my book than my book has made me--a book consubstantial with its author, concerned with my own self, an integral part of my life; not concerned with some third-hand, extraneous purpose, like all other books.
Michel de Montaigne