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

"[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out."

"Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"

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