Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep.
Michel de MontaigneA good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.
Michel de MontaigneShame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.
Michel de MontaigneThere is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.
Michel de Montaigne