The word ἄναξ , again, in Homer, which must on no account be confounded with βασιλεὺς [765] , is commonly a descriptive epithet, nearly equivalent to our word lord , and, like it, having an extraordinary elasticity of sense; for as a person may now be lord, so he might then be ἄναξ , of a kingdom, a people, a field, a mine, a slave, a horse, or a dog.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek Races by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

Other good saws are these: "In a calm all can steer"; "Vainglory blossoms but does not bear"; "All his geese are swans"; "We cannot all do everything"; "Not even the youngest is infallible"; "Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works"; "Presumption blinds a man and then sets him running"; "Vanity has no greater foe than itself"; "A small mind has usually still room for pride"; "Insolence is pride with her mask pulled off"; "Arrogance is a weed that grows on poor soil."
— from Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme