We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe over-estimate the conscience of our friend. His goodness seems better than our goodness, his nature finer, his temptations less. Everything that is his,--his name, his form, his dress, books, and instruments,--fancy enhances. Our own thought sounds new and larger from his mouth.
Ralph Waldo Emerson