Boasting

"Αὐτοῦ γὰρ καὶ Ῥόδος καὶ πήδημα."

"Forgetting that their pride of spirit, Their exultation in their trial, Detracts most largely from the merit Of all their boasted self-denial."

"Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strengthor the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight."

"Enten, you should not boast about your superior strength after you have explained the grounds for your boasting. […] Don't speak with a gaping mouth of your superior strength -- I will make known its shape and essence."

"Don't holla till you are out of the wood. This is a night for praying rather than boasting."

"A man who cannot climb a tree will boast of never having fallen out of one."

"If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness."

"To those who are given to virtue, the boast of titles is wholly alien and distasteful."

"As long as the boasters haven't departed, their mouths make me uneasy."

"To be vain is rather a mark of humility than pride. Vain men delight in telling what honours have been done them, what great company they have kept, and the like, by which they plainly confess that these honours were more than their due, and such as their friends would not believe if they had not been told: whereas a man truly proud thinks the greatest honours below his merit, and consequently scorns to boast."