Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.