[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.