"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.