“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because...” — Michel de Montaigne Quote

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

“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 care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.”