"The greatest of faults; I should say; is to be conscious of none"

"An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed; than be debarred from talking of his own dear person."

"The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful; but not from anybody else."

"Conceit is God's gift to little men."

"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction."

"The smaller the mind the greater the conceit."