The habit of paying compliments kept a man’s tongue oiled without any expense.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes.
There are reproaches that compliment, and compliments that disparage.[Il y a des reproches qui louent, et des louanges qui médisent.]
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
Dinner was made for eatin, not for talkin: never pay compliments with your mouth full.
A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don’t try to knock her down with it.
