I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.

—W. Somerset Maugham

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.

—W. Somerset Maugham

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Their silence is sufficient praise.

—Terence

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

—Socrates

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

—Socrates

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.

—Francis Bacon

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

—Seneca