To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.