This is one of the disadvantages of wine: it makes a man mistake words for thought. Samuel Johnson
Wine is sunlight, held together by water. Galileo Galilei
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. Ovid
Wine is bottled poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Samuel Johnson
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. Ernest Hemingway
In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary. Ernest Hemingway
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine. Joseph Conrad