The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one
When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.
You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.
We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.
None but an ass pays a compliment and asks a favour at the same time. There are many asses.
In love, you pay as you leave.