Men of science should leave controversy to the little world below them. Goldsmith.
Men of sense esteem wealth to be the assimilation of nature to themselves, the converting of the sap and juices of the planet to the incarnation and nutriment of their design. Emerson.
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. 10 Aristophanes.
Men of the first quality learn nothing, and become wise; men of the second rank become sensible (klug), and learn long; men of the third sort remain stupid, and learn words. Rückert.
Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition, and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.
Men of true wisdom and goodness are contented to take persons and things as they are, without complaining of their imperfections or attempting to amend them. Fielding.
Men of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their powers. Goethe.
Men only associate in parties by sacrificing 15 their opinions, or by having none worth sacrificing; and the effect of party government is always to develop hostilities and hypocrisies, and to extinguish ideas. Ruskin.
Men only rightly know themselves as far as they have experimented on things. Emerson.
Men ought to find the difference between saltness and bitterness. Bacon.