Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent. [ William Shakespeare ]

Things not understood are admired. [ Proverb ]

Few men are admired by their servants. [ Montaigne ]

Religion, if in heavenly truths attired,
Needs only to be seen to be admired. [ Cowper ]

Her air, her manners, all who saw admired;
Courteous though coy, gentle though retired. [ Crabbe ]

Few men have been admired by their domestics. [ Montaigne ]

The invention all admired, and each, how he
To be the inventor missed; so easy it seemed,
Once found, which yet unfound most would have thought
Impossible. [ Milton ]

All things are admired either because they are new or because they are great. [ Bacon ]

That which astonishes, astonishes once; but whatever is admirable becomes more and more admired. [ Joubert ]

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. [ Seneca ]

In ancient days the Pythagoreans were used to change names with each other, - fancying that each would share the virtues they admired in the other. [ Thoreau ]

The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration. [ Addison ]

Thinkers who trace systems of philosophy are merely impelled by an innate instinct; they know that their precepts, however excellent, are not suitable to the majority: the wisdom may be admired by many, but few will follow the principles. [ De Finod ]

Might I give counsel to any young hearer, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and life is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admire, - they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly. [ Thackeray ]