The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

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.

Let each man think himself an act of God.
His mind a thought, his life a breath of God.

Let each man think himself an act of God.
His mind a thought, his life a breath of God.

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not read more

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and read more

Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.