When a gentleman is cudgelling his brain to find any rhyme for sorrow besides "borrow" or "to-morrow," his woes are nearer at an end than he thinks. Thackeray.
When a good man has talent, he always works morally for the salvation of the world. Goethe.
When a great man strikes out into a sudden irregularity, he needs not question the respect of a retinue. Collier.
When a head and a book come into collision, 40 and one sounds empty, is it always the book? Lichtenberg.
When a husband is embraced without affection, there must be some reason for it. Hitopadesa.
When a man becomes dear to me, I have touched the goal of fortune. Emerson.
When a man dies, they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him. Koran.
When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion—or, in other words, when his hobby-horse grows headstrong—farewell cool reason and fair discretion! Sterne.
When a man gives proof that his heart is sound and that his life is sound, there is no divergence of opinion that should keep us from fellowship with him. Ward Beecher.
When a man has no occasion to borrow, he finds numbers willing to lend him. Goldsmith.