Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.

If you must strike a man from behind, slap hi on the back.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a ''But''.