I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

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

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 is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

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.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.