Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat. , Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.
The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat. , At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo. ]