There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.