Some people are so impatient that they ask you for a favour as soon as they are done complimenting you.

A mere compliment has been the seed of some people’s downfall.

To increase the odds of being thanked, some people compliment some people; some make kids.

It is so much easier for most people to ignore an insult than it is for them to ignore a compliment.

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

It is extremely difficult not to fake or overdo something on which you have just been complimented.

Unhappiness is best and often concealed with a smile; jealousy, with a compliment.

All too often the compliment we have just been paid is merely a repayment for the compliment we have just paid.

A great person or thing does not gain even a fraction of a single degree of greatness, when complimented; or lose it, when not complimented.