“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”

“O, let me kiss that hand!

KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.”

“A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth — and endures all the rest. ”

“A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.”

“With a sweet kiss, off the glass…”

“I buy wine according to the bottle design. After I get down the first glass it all tastes okay to me so I figure you go for something classy to look at on the table”

“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine”

“One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.”

“The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.”

“After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”