Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.