The Yangtse never runs backwards; man recaptures not his youth.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow.
For whom does the blind man's wife paint herself?
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
If the bathroom and a brandy cannot help a man, then death is imminent.
A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.
Between man and woman there is little difference, but vive la difference.
The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.
When a man's friend marries, all is over between them.
A drowning man takes hold of his own hair.
Better be a cursed man than he who curses.
Breasts adorn a woman and make a man look ugly.
A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
One man's beard is burning, and another warms his hands by it.
The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.
A man is often a bad adviser to himself and a good adviser to another.
You shake man's hand, you no shake his heart.
A dying man discovers the honesty with which he was born.
A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky.
If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise.
