Small men may be envious of their fellows, but really great men seek out and love each other.

Of Mozart, Haydn wrote "I only wish I could impress on every friend of music, and on great men in particular, the same depth of musical sympathy, and profound appreciation of Mozart's inimitable music, that I myself feel and enjoy; then nations would vie with each other to possess such a jewel within their frontiers.

Prague ought not only to strive to retain this precious man, but also to remunerate him; for without this the history of a great genius is sad indeed....

It enrages me to think that the unparalleled Mozart is not yet engaged by some imperial or royal court.

Forgive my excitement; but I love the man so dearly!" Mozart was equally generous in his recognition of the merits of Haydn.
"Sir," said he to a critic, speaking of the latter, "if you and I were both melted down together, we should not furnish materials for one Haydn." And when Mozart first heard Beethoven, he observed: "Listen to that young man; be assured that he will yet make a great name in the world." Buffon set Newton above all other philosophers, and admired him so highly that he had always his portrait before him while he sat at work.
So Schiller looked up to Shakspeare, whom he studied reverently and zealously for years, until he became capable of comprehending nature at first-hand, and then his admiration became even more ardent than before.
Pitt was Canning's master and hero, whom he followed and admired with attachment and devotion.