“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
“Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”
“(S)ome people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember them; forget the others.”
“What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as if it were your own?”
“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success.”