Tell the truth and shame the devil.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

Hungry bellies have no cars.

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?

Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it's my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.