Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.