Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
It is doubtless true that men are bad because they are unhappy. If anyone could give them real happiness, the happiness of brotherhood, they would all want to live the true and brotherly life.
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
I don't believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they're boys, not men.
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
The problem is that, partly because we are women, a large measure of our happiness depends on our relationships - including, unavoidably, our relationships with men.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.