As for praise and blame, look at the minds of those who give it. See what state they are in. Notice what they run from and what they chase after. Just like at the beach, where new sand constantly covers up whatever was there before, so in life all past things are quickly buried by what comes next.
As for praise and commendation, view their mind and understanding, what estate they are in; what kind of things they fly, and what things they seek after: and that as in the seaside, whatsoever was before to be seen, is by the continual succession of new heaps of sand cast up one upon another, soon hid and covered; so in this life, all former things by those which immediately succeed.