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

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

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.

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

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.

We are generally pleased the most by compliments that are insincere.