Man's life is a progress, and not a station. Emerson.
Man's life is an appendix to his heart. South.
Man's life is filed by his foe. Pr.
Man's life is never anything but an ever-vanishing present. Schopenhauer.
Man's life is not an affair of mere instinct, but 45 of steady self-control. Goethe.
Man's life never was a sport to him; it was a stern reality—altogether a serious matter to be alive. Carlyle.
Man's life now, as of old, is the genuine work of God; wherever there is a man, a God also is revealed, and all that is godlike; a whole epitome of the Infinite, with its meanings, lies enfolded in the life of every man. Carlyle.
Man's love is of man's life a thing apart; / 'Tis woman's whole existence. Byron.
Man's obligations do not tend toward the past. We know of nothing that binds us to what is behind: our duty lies ahead. C. Richet.
Man's only true happiness is to live in Hope of something to be won by him, in Reverence of something to be worshipped by him, and in Love of something to be cherished by him, and cherished—for ever. Ruskin.