In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limit it discovers in itself – a limit where minds meet and, in meeting, begin to exist.
In order to escape ennui, a man either works beyond the extent of his former necessities, or he invents play, that is to say, work that is only intended to appeas the general necessity for work.
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
If you give a man some time, he can get used to anything.
If there are differences between one moment of pleasure and another, a man can always be happy with the same woman.
If God makes man in His image, we all return the favor.
If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.
If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them.
If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
