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• The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap. x, Of Book...
• I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. viii...
• Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap....
• All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i, Chap. ii, Of Sorrow...
• Habit is a second nature. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. x
• And not to serve for a table-talk. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  iii, The Custom of the Isle of Cea...
• For a desperate disease a desperate cure. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  iii, The Custom of the Isle of Cea...
• One may be humble out of pride. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  xvii, Of Presumptio...
• Saying is one thing, doing another. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  xxxi, Of Ange...