Man, who lives to die, dies to live well, / So if he guide his ways by blamelessness / And earnest will to hinder not, but help, / All things both great and small which suffer life. Sir Edwin Arnold.
Man wird nie betrogen; man betrügt sich selbst—We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Goethe.
Man without patience is the lamp without oil, and pride in a rage is a bad counsellor. A. de Musset.
Man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces. Ward Beecher.
Man yields to custom as he bows to fate, / 25 In all things ruled—mind, body, and estate; / In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply / To them we know not, and we know not why. Crabbe.
Man's activity is all too fain to relax; he soon gets fond of unconditional repose. Goethe.
Man's best candle is his understanding. Pr.
Man's body and his mind are exactly like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining—rumple the one, you rumple the other. Sterne.
Man's conviction should be strong, and so well timed that worldly advantages may seem to have no share in it. Addison.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity. Pr. 30