For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early, and the human race come to an end

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak.

God is for men and religion is for women

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary: men alone are quite capable of every wickedness

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.