None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.

None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Obviously, there's more to aesthetic appearance than just race, but that is going to be the first thing that someone notices when they look at a picture.