Esteem never makes ingrates. [ Rochefoucauld ]
Esteem all things that are good. [ Tibullus ]
All true love is grounded on esteem. [ Buckingham ]
We frequently misplace esteem,
By judging men by what they seem,
To birth, wealth, power, we should allow
Precedence, and our lowest bow. [ Gay ]
Esteem is the strongest of all sympathies. [ E. de Girardin ]
Judges and senates have been bought for gold;
Esteem and love were never to be sold. [ Pope ]
To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part,
Makes up life's tale to many a feeling heart. [ Coleridge ]
Greatness, with private men
Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse;
And we, whom from our high births they conclude
The only free men, are the only slaves:
Happy the golden mean. [ Massinger ]
Let us try what esteem and kindness can effect. [ Johnson ]
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. [ Plautus ]
It is common to esteem most what is most unknown. [ Tacitus ]
Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least. [ Michelet ]
Prefer not the esteem of men to the approbation of God. [ Jortin ]
The first chapter of fools is to esteem themselves wise. [ Proverb ]
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [ Vauvenargues ]
A man may have a just esteem of himself without being proud. [ Proverb ]
The acts that we conceal are regarded with the highest esteem. [ Pascal ]
Not fame, but that which it merits, is what a man should esteem. [ Arthur Schopenhauer ]
I will never pretend esteem for a man whose principles I detest. [ Gustavus III. of Sweden ]
We are only so far worthy of esteem as we know how to appreciate. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people. [ La Rochefoucauld ]
The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem. [ Spurgeon ]
I esteem the world as much as I can, and still I esteem it but little. [ Chamfort ]
We should esteem a person according to his actions, not his nationality. [ Varenes ]
Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness. [ Plato ]
In delicate souls, love never presents itself but under the veil of esteem. [ Mme. Roland ]
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty. [ Joubert ]
It is a species of agreeable servitude, to be under an obligation to those we esteem. [ Queen Christina ]
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. [ Bruyere ]
A little philosophy leads men to despise learning; a great deal leads them to esteem it. [ Chamfort ]
The charms of wit excite admiration, those of the soul esteem, and those of the body love. [ French ]
To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion. [ Helvetius ]
As love without esteem is volatile and capricious, esteem without love is languid and cold. [ Dr. Johnson ]
Love without esteem can not reach far, nor rise very high: it is an angel with but one wing. [ A. Dumas fils ]
Men do not always love those they esteem; women, on the contrary, esteem only those they love. [ S. Dubay ]
Women complain of the lack of virtue in men, and do not esteem those who are too strictly virtuous. [ Blondel ]
Many men and many women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not. [ Chamfort ]
I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand. [ W. R. Alger ]
A small inkling of philosophy leads man to despise learning; much philosophy leads man to esteem it. [ Chamfort ]
There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate. [ Victor Hugo ]
Esteem cannot be where there is no confidence, and there can be no confidence where there is no respect. [ Henry Giles ]
Envy sets the stronger seal on desert; if he have no enemies, I should esteem his fortune most wretched. [ Ben Jonson ]
What, though thou wert rich and of high esteem, dost thou yield to sorrow because of thy loss of fortune? [ Hitopadesa ]
Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect. [ Marcus Aurelius ]
We are not that we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for that we are capable of being. [ Thoreau ]
Cherish every sentiment of respect for your mother; she merits your warmest gratitude, esteem, and veneration. [ Percival ]
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed. [ Sir W. Temple ]
Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard. [ Hazlitt ]
Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, and even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ingrates. [ Rochefoucauld ]
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship, which always is imperfect where either of these two is wanting. [ Budgell ]
Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. [ George Washington ]
By virtue, integrity, perseverance and true modesty it is possible for all men to win the esteem of their fellow beings. [ C. N. Douglas ]
Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality. [ Lamartine ]
It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination. [ Rochefoucauld ]
The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit. [ La Bruyere ]
No man can have much kindness for him by whom he does not believe himself esteemed, and nothing so evidently proves esteem as imitation. [ Johnson ]
Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence - as a compliment from God. [ Beecher ]
High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs then neither study nor labor. [ Bruyere ]
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. [ Addison ]
The highest mark of esteem a woman can give a man is to ask his friendship; and the most signal proof of her indifference is to offer him hers.
Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent. Eloquence is speaking out - a quality few esteem, and fewer aim at. [ Hare ]
The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned spirit to have no regard to it. [ Burke ]
There is perhaps no time at which we are disposed to think so highly of a friend, as when we find him standing higher than we expected in the esteem of others. [ Sir W. Scott ]
Under the assumption of profound esteem, the flatterer wears an outward expression of fidelity, as foreign to his heart as the smile upon the face of the dead. [ E. L. Magoon ]
The way to acquire lasting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties, and our noblest works are generally most replete with both. [ Goldsmith ]
We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean - the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims. [ G. P. Morris ]
Women speak easily of platonic love; but, while they appear to esteem it highly, there is not a single ribbon of their toilette that does not drive platonism from our hearts. [ A. Ricard ]
We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised by it, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem. [ Pascal ]
There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with ourselves. [ Joubert ]
As friendship must be founded on mutual esteem, it cannot long exist among the vicious; for we soon find ill company to be like a dog, which dirts those the most whom he loves the best. [ Chatfield ]
I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts. [ W. B. Clulow ]
No unity can last, in married life, unless the fellowship of hearts is accompanied by the fellowship of minds. As a woman loses the charms of her youth, her husband must perceive that her mind is developing, and love must be perpetuated by esteem. [ Dupanloup ]
Local esteem is far more conducive to happiness than general reputation. The latter may be compared to the fixed stars which glimmer so remotely as to afford little light and no warmth. The former is like the sun, each day shedding his prolific and cheering beams. [ W. B. Clulow ]
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us. [ Pilpay ]
If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things: the first, that they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess. [ Sir W. Raleigh ]
Ridicule intrinsically is a small faculty; we may say, the smallest of all faculties that other men are at the pains to repay with any esteem. It is directly opposed to thought, to knowledge, properly so called; its nourishment and essence is denial, which hovers on the surface, while knowledge dwells far below. [ Carlyle ]
The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism, but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends. [ Disraeli ]
We acquire the love of people who, being in our proximity, are presumed to know us; and we receive reputation or celebrity, from such as are not personally acquainted with us. Merit secures to us the regard of our honest neighbors, and good fortune that of the public. Esteem is the harvest of a whole life spent in usefulness; but reputation is often bestowed upon a chance action, and depends most on success. [ G. A. Sala ]