These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am read more

These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am not in the roll of common men.

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

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.

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their read more

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.

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.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

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.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.