Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.