Man is a wolf to man. [Lat., Homo homini lupus.]

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. [Lat., Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri.]

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.