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.

We automatically allow what someone will say about us to make us unhappy when we allow what they have said about us to make us happy.

To hear how great your friends think you are: fake your death, or, get married.

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.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.

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