A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.

A Man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place.

Don't value a man for the Quality he is of, but for the Qualities he possesses.

A man is never so ridiculous by those Qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have

The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.

Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?