Michel de Montaigne

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.