Alcaeus
Alcaeus
wine chains wit
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.
wine men holes
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
pain drinking grief
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.
men wrath lasts
Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
tree vines plant
Plant no tree sooner than the vine.
fighting men cities
Fighting men are the city's fortress
men cities brave
Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.
wall cities brave
Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.
chestnuts arcadia
The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.
wall opportunity men
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.