I am beauty and love;
I am friendship, the comforter;
I am that which forgives and forgets.
The Spirit of Wine.

W.E. Henley

Feast on wine or fast on water,
And your honor shall stand sure
If an angel out of heaven Brings you something else to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour it down the sink.

G.K. Chesterton

Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at, and I sigh.

William Butler Yeats