Man is the favourite (Günstling) of Nature, not in the sense that Nature has done everything for him, but that she has given him the power of doing everything for himself. Zachariae.
Man is the higher sense of our planet, the 10 star which connects it with the upper world, the eye which it turns towards heaven. Novalis.
Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in. Theo. Parker.
Man is the maker of expedients, but not of laws. In his solicitude as to his approaching lot, he has neither time nor desire to raise his eyes to the heavens to watch and record their phenomena; no leisure to look upon himself and consider what and where he is. In the imperious demand for a present support, he dare not venture on speculative attempts at ameliorating his state; he is doomed to be a helpless, isolated, spellbound savage, or, if not isolated, the companion of other savages as careworn as himself. Draper.
Man is the merriest species of the creation. Addison.
Man is the Messiah of Nature. Novalis.
Man is the meter of all things; the hand is 15 the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms. Arist.
Man is the Missionary of Order; he is the servant not of the devil and chaos, but of God and the universe. Carlyle.
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, / And souls are ripened in our northern sky. Mrs. Barbauld.
Man is the slave of beneficence. Arab. Pr.