Men must endure / Their going hence, even as their coming hither: / Ripeness is all. Lear, v. 2.
Men must have righteous principles in the first place, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. Luther.
Men must leave the ingle-nook, / And for a larger wisdom brook / Experience of a harder law, / And learn humility and awe. Dr. Walter Smith.
Men must work, and women must weep, / 40 Though storms be sudden, and waters deep, / And the harbour bar be moaning. Charles Kingsley.
Men no longer wholly believe; in this age of blindness and scientific pride, no one is any longer seen bowing before his god on both his knees. Victor Hugo.
Men no sooner find their appetites unanswered than they complain the times are injurious. Raleigh.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Bacon.
Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent; but a true gentleman is what one seldom sees. Steele.
Men of few words are the best men. Henry 45 V., iii. 2.
Men of genius are dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to the earth, is only a stone. Longfellow.