Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.