It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.
“That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.”
“There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.”