Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
I don't know that praise is always a good thing.
Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume.
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
Say a piece of pottery is broken, and it's fixed, and they use gold in the adhesive and in the sealant. It becomes more precious than it was before it was broken in the first place.
Usually we praise only to be praised.