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| A man finds no sweeter voice in the world than that which chants his praises. Fontenelle. | 1 |
| A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike. | 2 |
| Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed. Thomas Morton. | 3 |
| Be not the trumpeter of your own praise. Greek. | 4 |
| Damn with faint praise. | 5 |
| Even too much praise is a burden. | 6 |
| Every pedler praises his own needles. Spanish, Portuguese. | 7 |
| Every potter praises his own pot and the more if it be cracked. Italian, Spanish. | 8 |
| Faint praise is akin to abuse. | 9 |
| Full praise must not be given to the horse that wins the race, but to the man that keeps the stable. Chinese. | 10 |
| Good things should be praised. Shakespeare. | 11 |
| He dwells afar from neighbors who is fain to praise himself. | 12 |
| He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself. Danish. | 13 |
| He that doeth good for praise only meriteth but a puff of wind. | 14 |
| He that is loudly praised will be clamorously censured. | 15 |
| He that praiseth bestows a favor, and he that detracts commits a robbery. | 16 |
| He that praiseth publicly will slander privately. | 17 |
| He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second. | 18 |
| He who praises himself befouls himself. Italian. | 19 |
| He who praises himself must have bad neighbors. German. | 20 |
| If thou wouldst have praise, die. Welsh. | 21 |
| In doing what we ought we deserve no praise because it is our duty. St. Augustine. | 22 |
| It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. | 23 |
| It is not good praising a ford until one be over. | 24 |
| Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth. | 25 |
| Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. | 26 |
| Neither praise nor dispraise any before you know them. | 27 |
| Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thine actions serve the turn. | 28 |
| Neither speak well or ill of yourself; if well, men will not believe you, if ill they will believe a great deal more than you say. | 29 |
| Never praise a man for being like a woman, nor a woman for resembling a man. Quædaretus. | 30 |
| Never sound the trumpet of your own praise. | 31 |
| None ever gives the lie to him that praiseth him. | 32 |
| Of whom to be disprais’d were no small praise. Milton. | 33 |
| Old praise dies unless you feed it. | 34 |
| One has only to die to be praised. German. | 35 |
| Our praises are our wages. Shakespeare. | 36 |
| Praise a fool and you may make him useful. Danish. | 37 |
| Praise doth a wise man good and a fool harm. | 38 |
| Praise borrowed from ancestors is but sorry praise. Danish. | 39 |
| Praise from Sir Hubert is praise indeed. (The correct quotation is as above.) Thomas Morton. | 40 |
| Praise is not pudding. | 41 |
| Praise is pleasing to him that thinks he deserves it. | 42 |
| Praise is the hire of virtue. | 43 |
| Praise makes good men better and bad men worse. | 44 |
| Praise not the unworthy on account of their wealth. Bias. | 45 |
| Praise not yourself. Sri Lankan. | 46 |
| Praise paves the way to friendship. Danish. | 47 |
| Praise the sea and keep on land. French, Italian. | 48 |
| Praise undeserved is satire in disguise. Broadhurst. | 49 |
| Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. Pope. | 50 |
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| Praise without profit puts little in the pot. | 51 |
| Praise yourself, basket, for I want to sell you. Spanish. | 52 |
| Praises are a spur to virtue, but flatteries are a subtle poison. Petrarch. | 53 |
| Praising is not loving. German. | 54 |
| Self-praise defiles. | 55 |
| Self-praise is half slander. | 56 |
| Self-praise is odious. | 57 |
| Self-praise is the ground of hatred. | 58 |
| Self-praise stinks. | 59 |
| The praise of a wise man is worth a whole theatre of others. Pittacus. | 60 |
| The praise of a fool is censure in disguise. | 61 |
| The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. Addison. | 62 |
| The sweetest of all sounds is praise. Xenophon. | 63 |
| The virtues of the young are increased by praise. Theophrastus. | 64 |
| They that value not praise will never do anything worthy of it. | 65 |
| Too much praise is a burthen. | 66 |
| True praise takes root and spreads. | 67 |
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