“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
“He only profits from praise who values criticism.”
“If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.”
“Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.”
“You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.”
“I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.”