Alcaeus
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.Collection: Wine
Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.Collection: Men
Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.Collection: Wall
To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.Collection: Pain
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.Collection: Wall
Plant no tree sooner than the vine.Collection: Tree
Fighting men are the city's fortress.Collection: Fighting
Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.Collection: Men
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.Collection: Wine
The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.Collection: Chestnuts