Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.