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,

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

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.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

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.

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

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

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.

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.