He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. – Johann von Goethe

Mastery passes often for egotism. – Johann von Goethe

What will the world be quite overturned when you die? – Epictetus

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. – Christian Nevell Bovee