self-praise

Where self-praise is strong a vague uneasiness sets Richardson to work on the style, unable to locate the center of his trouble.

He entirely agreed with his opponents that self-praise was no honour.

He said he would; and she told him—chary of self-praise, yet eager that he should know that her masters had spoken well of her.

Thy self-praise does not aid thee a whit to increase in any one's esteem; indeed, I hold thee in less esteem.

So I was astonished to find that self-praise in Gerhard's mouth was not objectionable; in fact, it actually suited him.