Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

All men by nature desire to know.

Men's views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.

For though men be ignorant, yet they are men

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding.

Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature… what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action… if you know these things about a man you can touch him at the core of his being.

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

The trickiest thing is the nature of man, apparent in everything.

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.

men’s actions are the best guides to their thoughts

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.

It is more vital to study men than books

A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he dont want to. Rightly so. Best not to look in there. It aint the heart of a creature that is bound in the way that God has set for it. You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it.