There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
A shy face is better than a forward heart.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
Many littles make a much.
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.