The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss. But, if we are to live in the real world, discard it we must.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for.

Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.

Only a world without love strikes me as instantly and decisively more terrible than one without music.

Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life, a mark of the naive - or worse.

The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss. But, if we are to live in the real world, discard it we must.