Omnes sibi melius esse malunt quam alteri

We all of us wish better to ourselves than to others. Though a friend is said to be another self, yet what affects our own safety, is doubtless to be attended to before the concerns of any other person, for "proximus egomet mihi," I am my own nearest relation; and "Charity begins at home." "Tunica pallio propior est." "Near is my shirt," we say, "but nearer is my skin." To the same purport, and nearly in the same words are, "Ma chemise m'est plus proche que ma robe." Fr. "Tocca piu la camisa ch'il gippone." It. "Mas cerca esta la camisa, que el sayo," tha is, my shirt is nearer than my coat.