Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. Bernard Berenson
Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. Edward Young
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein
Boast quietly, with decorum. Mason Cooley
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. Aeschylus
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. Henry David Thoreau
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. Logan Pearsall Smith
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Gertrude Stein