By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one

To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.

Wine is poetry in a bottle.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

Why are you so angry?”His question surprised me, and I laughed a little. “This isn’t angry, ” I smirked. “This is just me. Get used to it.

By simply braking down the task into more manageable pieces much can be accomplished in a year.

Camouflage with a defensive grace and bounce back with joy.

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

[ Chadwick Boseman] is a remarkable actor, and he's a remarkable person.

Resignation is a quality of the saintly souls.

Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out.

I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.

Never forget the favors done for you. Always forget the favors you’ve done for others.