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• I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  xiii...
• I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xi...
• I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them together.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xii...
• There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...
• Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...