Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

For as long as they praise you, never forget that it is not yet your own path that you walk, but another person's.

The church, itself, will stand under the judgement of God.