There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir read more

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,
To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;
Resigns his native rights for meaner things,
For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't read more

All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.

The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.