Man thereby (by his fantasy as the organ of the godlike), though based to all seeming on the small visible, does nevertheless extend down into the infinite deeps of the Invisible, of which Invisible, indeed, his life is properly the bodying forth. Carlyle.
Man thinks he has an estate of reputation, and is glad to see one that will bring any of it home to him; it is no matter how dirty a bag it is conveyed to him in, or by how clownish a messenger, so the money is good. Steele.
Man! / Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and a tear. Byron.
Man, though, as Swift has it, "a forked straddling animal with bandy legs," yet is also a spirit, and unutterable mystery of mysteries. Carlyle.
Man unconnected is at home everywhere, 15 unless he may be said to be at home nowhere. Johnson.
Man verändert sich oft und bessert sich selten—People change often enough, but seldom for the better. Ger. Pr.
Man wants but little here below, / Nor wants that little long. Goldsmith.
Man was created to work—not to speculate, or feel, or dream. Carlyle.
Man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother. Bacon.
Man, while he loves, is never quite depraved. 20 Lamb.