Eygen lob stinckt. Laudet te os alienum Wer wol thut/ lobt sich selber wol. Es ist eim jeden Menschen lieber/ mañ lobe in/ dann daß mann in schelte. Und kein mensch ist so demütig/ daß er nit wolt gelobt werden.
Translation
Self-praise stinks.
Let someone else praise you. He who does good praises himself very well. It is better for every man to be praised than to be scolded. And no man is so humble that he does not want to be praised.
Author
Franck, Sebastian
Reference
Franck, Sebastian: Sprichworter, schöne, weise Klugreden. p. 113r