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.

- Alcaeus

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

- Alcaeus

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

- Alcaeus

The Arcadians were chestnut-eaters.

- Alcaeus

Plant no tree sooner than the vine.

- Alcaeus

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.

- Alcaeus

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

- Alcaeus

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

- Alcaeus

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

- Alcaeus