“I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well. In moderation wine is good for you - mentally physically and spiritually.”

“Happiness is a measure of one's fill of not physical success, but of mental and spiritual success.”

“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice”

“Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.”

“If this was the best wine that Jim and Nora could afford or, worse, if this was their idea of a good wine - well, sadly, then they were better off dead.”

“You’re trying to help them… that’s a good thing. But you can’t always count on seeing their gratitude,” he said wanting to comfort her before he added a grain of salt. “You know what Tolstoy said… if you are unhappy with your life, you can change it in two ways… either improve the conditions you live in or improve your inner spiritual state. The first isn’t always possible but the second is… In the end, Alex, people need to go directly to the source of Grace for themselves.”