“I have been despised by better men than you.”
“Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.”
“It is not that I despise men. If I did I should have no right, and no reason, to try to govern.”
“Love the life you have been given. And be humbled by it. It is not to be despised.”
“I have been treated better than I should have been---not by life in general nor by the machinery of things but by women.”
“Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.”