The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Michelangelo, (Mar 6 1475-1564), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet; He lead the High Renaissance with monumental style, e.g., David, 1504 and Paintings of Sistine Chapel, 1508-12.