“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”

“Man is the animal who weeps and laughs — and writes. If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back — in a book.”

“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.”

“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”

“It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.”

“Man is as young as the risks he takes.”

“One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”

“A handsome man guards his image a while;
a good man will one day take on beauty.”

“The name of an iron man goes round the world.
It takes a long time to forget an iron man.”