Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
Worthy things happen to the worthy.
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
'He means well' is useless unless he does well.