In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.

Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.

He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse

If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise