This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.Voltaire
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.Voltaire
All the world is a stage,And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances;Each man in his time plays many parts.William Shakespeare
All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts.William Shakespeare
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.William Shakespeare
We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.William Shakespeare