Men should be what they seem; / Or those that be not, would they might seem none. Othello, iii. 3.
Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. Mme. Scudéri.
Men should not be told of the faults which 30 they have mended. Johnson.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. Goethe.
Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; / But every woman is at heart a rake; / Men, some to quiet, some to public strife; / But every lady would be queen for life. Pope.
Men speak but little when vanity does not induce them to speak. La Roche.
Men spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives. Steele.
Men still are what they always have been, a 35 medley (Gemisch) of strength and weakness, often obedient to reason, and oftener to passion; so have they come down the stream of time for six thousand years, and mostly in such shape as the moment has fashioned them. Seume.
Men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities. Burke.
Men that hazard all / Do it in hope of fair advantages. Mer. of Ven., ii. 7.