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• 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...
• Few men have been admired by their own domestics.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap ii, Of Repentance...
• Habit is a second nature. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. x
• How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation!
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap. xvi, Of Glory...
• 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...
• I, who have so much and so universally adored this [greek], "excellent mediocrity," -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap.
  xiii...
• 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...
• There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret the things, and more books upon books than upon all other subjec
  we do nothing but comment upon one another. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap....