Man Quotes

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

A slave is but half a man.

You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can’t take the Irishness out of the man.

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they, therefore, remain bound.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.