“How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?”– Mary Astell Related Quotes “It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.”– Henry David Thoreau “Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we’re gone.”– William J. Clinton “The more you make fun of yourself and don’t try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.”– James Van Der Beek