PRAISE
The highest praise for a man is to give him responsibility.
A playwright and an actor were in conversation when the former, who has been none too successful of late, exclaimed gloomily:
"People will praise my work after I am dead."
"Well," said the actor, in a consoling tone, "perhaps you are right, but don't you think it's a great deal of a sacrifice to make for a little praise?"
"Well, there's one thing about the man who sings his own praises."
"And what's that?"
"He never has to give the excuse that he has left his music home and can't play without his notes."