"Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible to shun contempt."

"Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me."

"Men despise what they do not understand."

"CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed."

"Contempt is not a thing to be despised."

"Go—let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff—not the brand."

"Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt."

"The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ."

"When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff."

"How could man have such utter contempt for man? Because he had reached the point of contempt for God."