To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.
Michel de MontaigneSatiety comes of too frequent repetition and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking
Michel de MontaigneWhen I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.
Michel de Montaigne