No man should strive to precede his fellows; for, should the work succeed, the booty is equal, and if it fail, the leader is punished. Hitopadesa.
No man should think so highly of himself as 45 to think he can receive but little light from books, nor so meanly as to believe he can discover nothing but what is to be learned from them. Johnson.
No man talks of that which he is desirous to conceal, and every man desires to conceal that of which he is ashamed. Johnson.
No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it. Goethe.
No man troubleth the beggar with questioning his religion or politics. Lamb.
No man was ever as rich as all men ought to be. Old saying.
No man was ever scolded out of his sins. 50 Cowper.
No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself. Lord Greville.
No man was ever written out of reputation but by himself. Monk.
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had. Johnson, of Goldsmith.