Vain Quotes
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Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to do, they measure him by their own carnal stupidity, and neglecting solid inquiry, fly off to indulge their curiosity in vain speculation.
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I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.
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Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.
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People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.
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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.