Esteem (n.) that lasts among those around us is worth far more than admiration snatched at intervals.
Esteem (n.) from men who themselves deserve it produces a feeling far nobler and sweeter than vanity.
Esteem (n.) was all his master would pay him — spoken of 'as if either esteem or confidence could fill my purse.'
Esteem (n.) is trustful where love is suspicious; love never exists in an honest heart without it, for everyone loves in another the qualities he himself honours.
Esteem (n.) in its public form was born round the great tree where men sang and danced: whoever sang or danced best was most considered, the first step at once towards inequality and towards vice.