“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.”

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

“Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.”

“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away”

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

“Your Business is to shine; therefore you must by all means prevent the shining of others, for their Brightness may make yours the less distinguished.”