The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in ones self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. – Michelangelo

Youre not going to say anything about me that Im not going to say about myself. Theres so many things that I think about myself if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So Im going to say it before they can. Its the best policy for me. – Eminem

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld