Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Solid pudding against empty praise.

Solid pudding against empty praise.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
[Lat., Id facere laus est quod read more

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
[Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet.]

Praise enough
To fill the ambition of a private man,
That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.

Praise enough
To fill the ambition of a private man,
That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.

Self - praise is no recommendation

Self - praise is no recommendation