| 1. | GABRIEL, thou hadst in Heav'n th' esteem of wise. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | "I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem and love.. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 3. | I would esteem him worth a dozen such. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | "My dear Handel," he returned, "I shall esteem and respect your confidence.. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | Forestall prescience, and esteem no ac. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | As this their jangling I esteem a sport. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Well, I don't esteem you the less for it.. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 8. | So to esteem of us and on our knees we beg. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | Catherine had an awfully perverted taste to esteem him so dearly, knowing him so well. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 10. | And nought esteems my aged eloquence. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 11. | I hope my noble lord esteems me honest. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 12. | He who despises himself, nevertheless esteems himself thereby, as a despiser. - from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 13. | For me and my possessions she esteems not. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 14. | I have always heard him spoken of as such, and your brother I know esteems him highly. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 15. | One does not hate as long as one disesteems, but only when one esteems equal or superior. - from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 16. | "Madame," answered the count, "you are under the roof of one who esteems himself most fortunate in having been able to save you from a further continuance of your sufferings.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 17. | "Albert, Albert," said Madame de Morcerf, in a tone of mild reproof, "what are you saying Ah, count, he esteems you so highly, tell him that he has spoken amiss." And she took two or three steps forward. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |