the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pronoun. I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An emphatic or reflexive form of the first personal pronoun I or me, either nominative or (as originally) objective.
Word Usage
"But I take myself to museums, and buy myself flowers, and gucci handbags and pray that someday I grow up to make ~myself~ proud."