Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.