After the event, even a fool is wise.
Wine sets even a thoughtful man to singing, or sets him into softly laughing, sets him to dancing. Sometimes it tosses out a word that was better unspoken.
...if fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep.
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.
I'm a rageaholic. I just can't live without rageahol.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.