Wine Takes Away Reason, Engenders Insanity, Leads

It Has Been Observed That The Height Of A Man From The Crown Of The Head To The Sole Of The Foot Is Equal To The Distance Between The Tips Of The Middle Fingers Of The Two Hands When Extended In A Straight Line.

Wine Refreshes The Stomach, Sharpens The Appetite, Blunts Care And Sadness, And Conduces To Slumber.

In Wine There Is Health (in Vino Sanitas)

The Graceful Tear That Streams For Others' Man Is The Weeping Animal Born To Govern All The Rest.

Contact With [menstrual Blood] Turns New Wine Sour, Crops Touched By It Become Barren, Grafts Die, Seed In Gardens Are Dried Up, The Fruit Of Trees Fall Off, The Edge Of Steel And The Gleam Of Ivory Are Dulled, Hives Of Bees Die, Even Bronze And Iron Are At Once Seized By Rust, And A Horrible Smell Fills The Air; To Taste It Drives Dogs Mad And Infects Their Bites With An Incurable Poison.