To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

A compliment is verbal sunshine

A compliment is verbal sunshine

Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.

Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful read more

Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful -- just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set read more

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.

Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone

Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone