The highest form of vanity is love of fame. George Santayana
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. Miguel de Cervantes
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. Benjamin Franklin
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Jonathan Swift
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it. Mark Twain
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. Thomas Wolfe
Of the three forms of pride, that is to say pride proper, vanity, and conceit, vanity is by far the most harmless, and conceit by far the most dangerous. The meaning of vanity is to think too much of our bodily advantages, whether real or unreal, over others; while the meaning of conceit is to believe we are cleverer, wiser, grander, and more important than we really are. John Cowper Powys