Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.
Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.