“Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver.”
“Sometimes I think that when we say our honour prevents us from doing this or that we deceive ourselves, and our real motive is vanity.”
“The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.”
“Vengeance is one of life's great motivators.”
“Great passions may either bring great victories or great sorrows! In both cases, it is always a great privilege to have great passions!”
“One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity.”