Men that make / Envy and crooked malice nourishment / Dare bite the best. Hen. VIII., v. 3.
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. Hare.
Men think they are quarrelling with one 40 another, and both sides feel that they are in the wrong. Goethe.
Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape their shadows. Froude, Carlyle.
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. Sterne.
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual. Seneca.
Men understand not what is among their hands; as calmness is the characteristic of strength, so the weightiest causes may be the most silent. Carlyle.
Men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble, and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust. Sir T. More.
Men, who are knaves individually, are in the mass very honourable people. Montesquieu.
Men who begin by losing their independence will end by losing their energy. Buckle.