It was truly very good reason that we should be beholden to God only, and to the favour of his grace, for the truth of so noble a belief, since from his sole bounty we receive the fruit of immortality, which consists in the enjoyment of eternal beatitude.... The more we give and confess to owe and render to God, we do it with the greater Christianity.
Michel de MontaigneWhom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
Michel de MontaigneI consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.
Michel de Montaigne