Man will rise, if God by exception lends him a hand; he will rise by abandoning and renouncing his own means, and letting himselfbe raised and uplifted by purely celestial means.
Michel de MontaigneI speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.
Michel de MontaigneIf I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
Michel de Montaigne