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

"We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there."

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

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

"It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance."

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