A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
[Fr., read more

There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
[Fr., Non e un si bello in tante altre persone,
Natura il fece, e poi roppa la stampa.]

The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.

The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.

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.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to read more

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

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

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

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn