Know they thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man

For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and significant creatures of fiction than with the irrational and shadowy figures of real life.

A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win