Alcaeus

Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

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

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.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

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.