“If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.” IfsMenFirstsSelfOne ThingSeaBehaveStomachConceitComradeConceitedInsufferable Author:Mark Twain
“Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance.” MenPersonsLaughingToo MuchShareIgnoranceNewsLaughterWittyWitConceitJest Book:The Works of George Herbert: Poems Source: The Works of George Herbert: Poems