As great enmities spring from great friendships, and mortal distempers from vigorous health, so do the most surprising and the wildest frenzies from the high and lively agitations of our souls.
Michel de MontaigneThere is not one of us that would not be worse than kings, if so continually corrupted as they are with a sort of vermin called flatterers.
Michel de MontaigneGlory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place.
Michel de Montaigne