George Herbert Wine Quotations

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

You cannot know wine by the barrell.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]

Wine ever paies for his loding.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.

The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.