We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
Michel de MontaigneI see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.
Michel de MontaigneLet us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
Michel de MontaigneIf you have known how to compose your life, you have done a great deal more than the person who knows how to compose a book. You have done more than the one who has taken cities and empires.
Michel de Montaigne