Conceit: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.— GEORGE ELIOT — The Mill on the Floss. Bk. V. Ch. IV.
For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?— EMERSON — Good-Bye. St. 4.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.— BEN JONSON — Sejanus. Act V. Sc. 1.