Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Praise
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
—Dr. Samuel Johnson
Praise to a young wit is like rain to a tender flower.
—Alexander Pope
Praise is like ambergris; a little whiff of it, and by snatches, is very agreeable; but when a man holds a great lump of it to his nose, it is a stink and strikes down.
—Jonathan Swift
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
—Old Testament