The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)
The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
In wine, there's truth.
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.