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- There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between… — Francis Bacon
- He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite,… — William Blake
- When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will… — Edmund Burke
- Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. — William Penn
- Cats like men are flatterers. — Walter Savage Landor
- Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. — Ben Jonson
- Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second… — Samuel Johnson
- We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very… — Charles Caleb Colton
- We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy,… — Jean de la Bruyere
- It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth. — Madame Roland
- Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself,… — Roger Sherman