Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
Michel de MontaigneAdrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the crowd of physicians had killed him."
Michel de MontaigneOne may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are rooted in a strong and anchored in a powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies, which diverts us here and there.
Michel de Montaigne