- "Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine." -- Thomas Aquinas.
- "To Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to all of life's problems!" -- Homer Simpson.
- "... good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people." – William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.
- "Good wine is a necessity of life for me." -- Thomas Jefferson.
- "Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages" -- Louis Pasteur
- "A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine." -- -- Anthelme Brillat Savarin
- "Good wine ruins the purse; bad wine ruins the stomach." -- -- Spanish saying
- "Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow." -- Euripides
- "It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other reason." – Latin saying
- "A waltz and a glass of wine invite an encore." -- Johann Strauss
- "God made only water, but man made wine." -- Victor Hugo
- "In victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
- "I feel sorry for the people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." -- Frank Sinatra
- "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." -- Henny Youngman
- "24 hours in a day, 24 bottles in a case. Coincidence?" -- Stephen Wright
- "When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to Heaven. Sooo, lets all get drunk and go to Heaven." -- Brian O'Rourke
- "Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities." -- St. Paul, 1 Timothy 5:23
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