Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are read more

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth;
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

In men this blunder still you find,
All think their little set mankind.

In men this blunder still you find,
All think their little set mankind.

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is read more

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.