Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592)
“We waver between different minds; we wish nothing freely, nothing absolutely, nothing constantly. Should any man prescribe and establish definite laws and a definite policy in his own head, he would present throughout his life a shining example of even habits, an order and an unfailing relation of one action to another.”
Montaigne, “On the Inconsistencies of Our Actions,” The Essays of Montaigne