The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
Michel de MontaigneWhatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs.
Michel de MontaigneEloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.
Michel de MontaigneIf my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.
Michel de MontaigneWhenever a new discovery is reported to the world, they say first, It is probably not true, Then after, when the truth of the new proposition has been demonstrated beyond question, they say, Yes, it may be true, but it is not important. Finally, when sufficient time has elapsed to fully evidence its importance, they say, Yes, surely it is important, but it is no longer new.
Michel de Montaigne