In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our read more

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not fault!

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

Hoy-day!
What a sweep of vanity comes this way!

Hoy-day!
What a sweep of vanity comes this way!

If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- read more

If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.

There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it.

There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it.

Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their read more

Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their examples of true Christianity:
In short, all know, or very short may know it.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is
as nothing before thee: verily every read more

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is
as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. Selah.