The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.

Men are respectable only as they respect.

Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself.

Tell me how you measure me and I’ll tell you how I will behave.

Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.

all reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. All progress in the world depends on these unreasonable men and their innovative and often non-conformist actions.

A man must know his limitations.

Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves. That´s why all progress depends on unreasonable men.

A mans manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A fool is always troublesome, a man of sense perceives when he pleases or is tiresome ; he goes away the very minute before it might have been thought he stayed too long.

The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.

But the test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.

Every man is a new method.