The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.
Michel de MontaigneIf faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.
Michel de MontaigneThe good, supreme, divine poetry is above the rules and reason. Whoever discerns its beauty with a firm, sedate gaze does not see it, any more than he sees the splendor of a lightning flash. It does not persuade our judgement, it ravishes and overwhelms it.
Michel de Montaigne