To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.
Michel de MontaigneA man must always study, but he must not always go to school: what a contemptible thing is an old abecedarian!
Michel de MontaigneOur religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
Michel de MontaigneIf these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour, either with common and vulgar minds, or with uncommon and eminent ones: the former would not find enough in them, the latter would find too much; they might manage to live somewhere in the middle region.
Michel de Montaigne