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Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

Henry Van Dyke
Want, Too Much, Taste
Henry Van Dyke (1908). “Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness”
Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.