We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorpo... - 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."

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

"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."

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