We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.
Michel de MontaigneAmbition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.
Michel de MontaigneOur zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.
Michel de MontaigneAmbition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place; and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.
Michel de Montaigne