If you speak well of another, the good will return to you. The good and praise you speak of another you will speak in reality of yourself. A parallel would be when someone plants a garden and herb garden around his house. Every time he looks out he sees flowers and herbs. If you accustom yourself to speak well of others, you are always in a "paradise."
— Jelaluddin Rumi, Signs of the Unseen by W. M. Thackston, Jr., translator