Praise from a friend, or ...

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Quotes from the same author

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Never find fault with the absent.
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires with animated sounds. Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds.
Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds.