Vanity is the greatest of flatterers.

Vanity usually demands sacrifices.

Love is the vanity of two.

Doing good is also a form of vanity.

One is vain by nature but honest by necessity.

There is no love without vanity.

It is hard to dislike someone who praises you.

To refuse praise is to seek praise twice.

Every donkey loves to hear himself bray.

Pride often wears a cloak of humility.

To speak ill of someone is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

We often need someone smaller than ourselves to make us feel bigger.

Many people make themselves poor by trying not to appear poor.

When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured.

What flatters a person is the thought that he is worth flattering.

Mediocre people often have the most acquired knowledge.

No-one is so lonely as he who loves only himself.

When we ask for an opinion we are merely seeking approval.

Nothing is easier than self-deception.

A cockerel is very important on his own dunghill.

Wishing to be alone could be an inverted sense of superiority.

We all love what we are good at.

To refuse praise is to desire to be praised even more.

All love is self-love.