Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.
It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.
There are times when a sports figure doesn't deserve sympathy.
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.
These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything.
Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.
It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.
