Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
Men propose in the moonlight; women file in court.
Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.
Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.
Men of profound sadness betray themselves when they are happy: they have a mode of seizing upon happiness as though they would choke and strangle it, out of jealousy—ah, they know only too well that it will flee from them!
Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.
Men occupy very little space on Earth.[translation by Richard Howard]Men occupy a very small place upon the Earth.[translation by Katherine Woods][Les hommes occupent très peu de place sur la terre.]
Men mould some cities, some cities mould men.
Men may weary by their constancy, but women never.
Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
Men make a kingdom strong, not gold.
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.
