You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

—Seneca

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

—Seneca

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

—Seneca

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

—Seneca

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

—Seneca

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

—Seneca

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

—Samuel Johnson

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

—Michel de Montaigne

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

—Leonardo da Vinci

Praise the young and they will flourish.

—Irish Proverb