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• Few men have been admired by their own domestics.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap ii, Of Repentance...
• I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.
  -- 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, 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...
• There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xi, Of Cruelty...
• He that I am reading seems always to have the most force.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xii, Apology for Raimond Sebond...
• Amongst so many borrowed things, I am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xii...
• Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...