We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
Michel de MontaigneNow, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.
Michel de MontaigneWhat enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through more vigorous and varied applications, by extending it and deploying it. It is not words that they contribute: what they do is enrich their words, deepen their meanings and tie down their usage; they teach it unaccustomed rhythms, prudently though and with ingenuity.
Michel de Montaigne