"Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man's o…"

"Be not wise in your own conceits."

"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him."

"Conceit is the most contemptible and one of the most odious qualities in the world. It is vanity driven from all othe…"

"Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve."

"We go and fancy that everybody is thinking of us. But he is not: he is like us; he is thinking of himself."

"Remember, I have not appointed you as commanders and tyrants over the people. I have sent you as leaders instead, so …"

"I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them."

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

"The world knows only two, that's Rome and I."