Michele de Montaigne (1565-1645)

Marie de Gournay was a French writer, who wrote a novel and a number of other literary compositions, including The Equality of Men and Women and The Ladies' Grievance. She insisted that women should be educated. Gournay was also an editor and commentator of Michel de Montaigne. After Montaigne's death, Gournay edited and published his Essays.

Quotes

To set a mark we can seldom hit is not an honest game. We take good care not to be righteous according to the laws of God, and we make it impossible to be righteous according to our own. From the same sheet of paper on which a judge writes his sentence against an adulterer, he tears off a piece to scribble a love note to his colleague's wife.