Happy am I, my father, to be praised
By you, a man whom others praise.

W. F. H. King, Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 1235 | I am glad to be praised by thee, father, a man whom all men praise. | Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 624 | I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. | W. H. Main, The Tusculan Disputations of Cicero, rev. ed. (1824), p. 212 | 'Tis joy indeed to hear my praises sung By you, who are the theme of honour's tongue. | Cf. Henry IV, Part 1, I, i, 80: "A son who is the theme of honour's tongue."