The man at the head of the house can mar the pleasure of the household; but he cannot make it. That must rest with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege. Helps.
The man comes before the citizen, and our future is greater than both. Jean Paul.
The man is only half himself, the other half 20 is his expression. Emerson.
The man makes the circumstances, and is spiritually as well as economically the artificer of his own fortune, but the man's circumstances are the element he is appointed to live and work in; so that in a no less genuine sense it can be said circumstances make the man. Carlyle.
The man of consequence and fashion shall richly repay a deed of kindness with a nod and a smile, or a hearty shake of the hand; while a poor fellow labours under a sense of gratitude, which, like copper coin, though it loads the bearer, is yet of small account in the currency and commerce of the world. Burns.
The man of genius can be more easily misinstructed (verbildet) and driven far more violently into false courses than a man of ordinary capability. Goethe.
The man of genius, like a dog with a bone, sits afar and retired off the road, hangs out no sign of refreshment for man and beast, but says, by all possible hints and signs, "I wish to be alone—good-bye—farewell!" Thoreau.
The man of good common-sense may, if he 25 pleases, in his particular station of life, most certainly be rich. Eustace Budgell.
The man of intellect at the top of affairs; this is the aim of all institutions and revolutions, if they have any. Carlyle.
The man of intellect is lost unless he unites energy of character to intellect. When we have the lantern of Diogenes we must have his staff. Chamfort.