Some fellows pay a compliment like they expect a receipt.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and planted it, so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing, but it may spread into a prodigious timber.

I've made this conscious decision to tell people on the street when I think they're wearing something great. If more people did that, the world would be a better place.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

A little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing. I loved it ... I sent him a postcard and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 'Dear Jim, I loved your card.' Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.

Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.