The man that is tame in times of peace is a skulking woman in times of war.

For the rest, whence came the wine they drank?
It was of Messer Gonzaga's providing." "You lie, hound!" blazed Gonzaga.

"I provided wine for Madonna's table, not for the men." "Yet some found its way to them; which is well.

For water on the stomach makes a man poor-spirited.

Where is the sin of a little indulgence, Madonna ?" he went on, turning again to Valentina.