In a fight the rich man tries to save his face, the poor man his coat.
The old man has his death before his eyes; the young man behind his back.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
Let us call the world to come together – every child, every woman and every man. Let us draw a bigger picture, one that enters every home, every heart and brings together every voice. Let us listen to the helpless cries of the abused and neglected ...
Lester Burnham: Man, oh man. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man. [last words, while looking at a picture of his family]
A blind man needs no looking glass.
When a rich man wants children, he gets dollars, when a poor man wants dollars, he gets children.
The bachelor is a peacock, the engaged man a lion, and the married man a jackass.
Dr. Frederick Treves: Am I a good man? Or a bad man?
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Hang a German, even if he is a good man.
The open house makes a good man of the thief.
I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil. Overall, I was happiest to be alone; for i...
Half asleep, he wondered whether that might not have been his happiest day ever, the last, perfect day swelling with the immensity of his secret intent, secret creation—the day before everything changed—the day before he realized, for the first t...
I had a dream about you, you were at your old house walking around. When I asked what you were doing you explained to me that you were planning out your heaven, this was the happiest you had ever been and when you passed you where going to come back ...
Maxim de Winter: "I'll make a bargain with you," she said. "You'd look rather foolish trying to divorce me now after four days of marriage. So I'll play the part of a devoted wife, mistress of your precious Manderley. I'll make it the most famous sho...
As Ganin looked up at the skeletal roof in the ethereal sky he realized with merciless clarity that his affair with Mary was ended forever. It had lasted no more than four days—four days which were perhaps the happiest days of his life. But now he ...
If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.
A married man has many sorrows -- an unmarried man has one more.
