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• It happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. v...
• The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• All the world knows me in my book, and my book in me.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. v...
• One may be humble out of pride. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  xvii, Of Presumptio...
• 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...
• What if he has borrowed the matter and spoiled the form, as it oft falls out?
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. viii...
• For a desperate disease a desperate cure. -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book ii, Chap.
  iii, The Custom of the Isle of Cea...
• 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...