To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

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.

A compliment is verbal sunshine

A compliment is verbal sunshine

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter read more

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering

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

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

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.

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

Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.

Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke