It is a small soul, buried beneath the weight of affairs, that does not know how to get clean away from them, that cannot put them aside and pick them up again.
Michel de MontaigneLove is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.
Michel de MontaigneIt is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.
Michel de MontaigneTruly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.
Michel de Montaigne