Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet h... - Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

"There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent."

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

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

"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."