"An occasional compliment is necessary to keep..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

“Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?”

“...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only a kind of an insurrection, anyway.”

“It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves”

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.”

“I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.”

“If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.”

“You should never tell someone they have a nice dimple, because maybe they were shot in the face with a BB gun.”

“They say that you can't live by bread alone, but I can live on compliments.”