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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

Bachelors know more about women than married men if they did not they had be married too.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men is imperfections, and conceal your own.