A young man ought to cross his own rules, to awake his vigor, and to keep it from growing faint and rusty. And there is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is carried on by rule and discipline.
Michel de MontaigneTruth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.
Michel de MontaigneThe great and glorious masterpiece of men is to live to the point. All other things-to reign, to hoard, to build-are, at most, but inconsiderable props and appendages.
Michel de MontaigneIf I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.
Michel de Montaigne