Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

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.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?

For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?

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 is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding