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.

Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.