“Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius”

“I am often accused of expressing contempt and despising religious people. I don't despise religious people, I despise what they stand for. I like to quote the British journalist Johann Hari who said, "I have so much respect for you, that I cannot respect your ridiculous ideas."”

“...there are more things to admire in men than to despise.”

“Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.”

“I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.”

“Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.”

“Practice humility at first with man and only then before God. He who despises man, has also no respect for God.”

“[W]hy do men continue to practise themselves the absurdities they despise in others?”

“To govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them.”

“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”