In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
Phaedrus
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Quintilian
Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.
Helena Rubinstein
I have been vain since birth.
Wallace Shawn
I'm an actor; I'm vain - you want to look good.
David Sutcliffe
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Edmund Waller
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.
Jessamyn West
Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?
Marianne Williamson
I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy.
Jo Brand