Hm … yes, all is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom

“I am glad that at such a moment my young man turned out to be not so reasonable…”

“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother …”

“Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even …”

“The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.”