praise

He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own fan.

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Self-praise is no recommendation.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

Flattery is all right - if you don't inhale.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

I would have praised you more had you praised me less.

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us.

Commendation n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble but do not equal our own.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.

Some praise at morning what they blame at night.

I praise loudly I blame softly.