He who is enamoured of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The excuses we make to ourselves when we want to do something are excellent material for soliloquies, for they are rarely made except when we are alone, and are very often made aloud.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato. Yes, Plato replied, but only with another kind of pride.