Chorus of women: [...] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let you anger slacken; the wind of fortune blown our way.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Old age is but a second childhood.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.