What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.
God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
No man is born without faults.
When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.