I quote others only in order the better to express myself. - Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."

"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own."

"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."

"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."

"Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness."