“The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.”
“Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.”
“Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.”
“I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.”
“Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example.”
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”