_Saying ascribed to Montaigne._--The saying, "I have here only made a
nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the
thread that ties them," is usually ascribed to Montaigne. In what part
of his works are these words to be found? I heard doubts expressed of
their genuineness some years ago by a reader of the _Essays_; and my own
search for them has also proved hitherto unsuccessful.