The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.
Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
Not only has this subject been long associated with the ideas of thinking men over the ages but its practical importance is attested to by the huge resources of men and material thrown into this type of work.
Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.