“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition... I have no other so great as that of being truely esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”

“The best way to achieve self-esteem is to do something worthy of esteem.”

“Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.”

“Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards of property, and they deprecate assaults on these, because they feel them to be assaults on property. They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is.”

“The dog has been esteemed and loved by all the people on earth and he has deserved this affection for he renders services that have made him man's best friend.”

“A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it.”