The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places

Through perils both of wind and limb, Through thick and thin she followed him

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule.

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel

The walls are one-foot thick.