The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple, wherein man had nothing to inquire after, or to dispute, forasmuch as to obey is the proper office of a rational soul, acknowledging a heavenly superior and benefactor. From obedience and submission spring all other virtues, as all sin does from self-opinion.
Michel de MontaigneThere is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.
Michel de MontaigneNo man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Michel de Montaigne