We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
The bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by god on the children of men. It has god for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. it is all pure
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
There is always inequality in life. some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. life is unfair.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematics.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.