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.

Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever read more

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

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.

Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
Such read more

Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
Such as none other hath, when they are known,
They are found shallow.

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.

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.