The surest cure for vanity is loneliness

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.

Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.

Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others

Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others

And not a vanity is given in vain.

And not a vanity is given in vain.

What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.

What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it

There are no 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.

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