No one that has drunk old wine wants new; for he says, The old is nice.
—Steven Wright (b.1955) American Comedian, Actor, Writer
Water for oxen, wine for kings.
—Spanish Proverb
Give me a bowl of wine,
In this I bury all unkindness.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
—Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Italian Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician
Drink wine in winter for cold, and in summer for heat.
—Anonymous
To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Wine improves with age – I like it the older I get.
—Anonymous
A woman drove me to drink, and I’ll be a son-of-a-gun but I never even wrote to thank her.
—W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Actor, Comedian, Writer
Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Age is just a number. It is totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
—Joan Collins (b.1933) English Actress
Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of care.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry
—Louis Pasteur (1822–95) French Biologist
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging
—Common Proverb
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.
—Paul Claudel (1868–1955) French Poet, Essayist, Dramatist
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
When the wine is in, the wit is out.
—Common Proverb
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse – and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness –
And Wilderness is Paradise endow.
—Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) Persian Mathematician
For a bad night, a mattress of wine
—Spanish Proverb
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I’d been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist
Go, little book, and wish to all Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall, A bin of wine, a spice of wit, A house with lawns enclosing it, A living river by the door, A nightingale in the sycamore
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) Polish-born British Novelist
In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.
—Franklin P. Adams (1881–1960) American Columnist, Radio Personality, Author
Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
After-dinner talk Across the walnuts and the wine.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) American-British Essayist, Bibliophile
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
Thats all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Poet, Dramatist
Wine has drowned more than the sea.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer