Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.

Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

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

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