When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. – Mary H. Waldrip

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims

It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. – Andrew J. Holmes, Wisdom in Small Doses

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. – Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951