I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.Michel de Montaigne
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.Michel de Montaigne
If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself.Michel de Montaigne
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.Arthur Schopenhauer