Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

Have you noticed, that people who really love to tell you about them selves seem always to be very successful and strong personalities and they lead a wonderful life. But when you meet them unprepared, they seem troubled and can't smile as they always do when he talks about his life? Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. That's so true and It's know for very long time, but I think Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) put's it best.
Actually I think that if we could see vanity in our selves and start to destroy it, then we would meet the other end. Underestimation of our selves. So we have to keep it in balance and don't forget you are the biggest man in your own life and your own mind. Others are bigger than you in their lives, but nobody is bigger than you in your own life. I hope you got the point...
Think about this for a while and you will be able to feel where the balance is. You have to find the balance in every situation...