To praise a man's self, cannot be decent, except it be in rare cases; but to praise a man's office or profession, he may do it with good grace, and with a kind of magnanimity.
除极少数情形外,自我赞美难称得体;但赞美自己所从事的职务或职业,却可以表现得优雅而有气度。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Praise —