Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart.
There is a divinity within our breast.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.