When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

[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.

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

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

Evil events from evil causes spring.

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