Trust is greater than love.

Used skillfully, a compliment will be much more offensive than any disparagement.

No quality or characteristic is more important than trust

Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else.

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

Better than being loved is to be in love.

But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

It is better to be feared than loved.

No quality or characteristic is more important than trust.

The best proof of love is trust

It's better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.

It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you can not be both

... who cares for a general compliment more than a general lover.

It is better to be envied than pitied.