I leaf through books, I do not study them. What I retain of them is something I no longer recognize as anyone else's.
Michel de MontaigneLucius Arruntius killed himself, he said, to escape both the future and the past.
Michel de MontaigneOur thoughts are always elsewhere; we are stayed and supported by the hope for a better life, or by the hope that our children will turn out well, or that our name will be famous in the future, or that we shall escape the evils of this life, or that vengeance threatens those who are the cause of our death.
Michel de Montaigne