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| Excess of wine neither keeps secrets nor performs promises. Don Quixote. | 1 |
| Good wine is milk for the aged. German. | 2 |
| Good wine makes a bad head and a long story. | 3 |
| Good wine makes good blood. Italian. | 4 |
| Good wine makes the horse go. French. | 5 |
| Good wine needs no bush. | 6 |
| Good wine needs no crier. Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch. | 7 |
| Good wine praises itself. Dutch. | 8 |
| Good wine ruins the purse and bad the stomach. German. | 9 |
| He that drinks not wine after salad is in danger of being sick. | 10 |
| He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine. Spanish. | 11 |
| I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others. Diogenes. | 12 |
| If the landlady’s fair, the wine too is fair. German. | 13 |
| In the looking-glass we see the form, in wine the heart. German. | 14 |
| Inflaming wine dulls the noble mind. Homer. | 15 |
| It is a good wind that blows a man to his wine. Washington Irving. | 16 |
| No matter what the vessel is so the wine in it be good. | 17 |
| O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil. Shakespeare. | 18 |
| Of what use is the cup of gold if the wine be sour? German. | 19 |
| Of wine the middle, of oil the top and of honey the bottom is best. | 20 |
| Old wood to burn, old wine to drink. Bacon. | 21 |
| Passion makes a man a beast, but wine makes him worse. | 22 |
Physic makes you first sick, then well;
Wine first makes you well, then sick. | 23 |
| Since the wine is drawn it must be drunk. French. | 24 |
| Sometimes the lees are better than the wine. Italian. | 25 |
| Spilt wine is worse than water. | 26 |
| Strong is the vinegar of sweet wine. Italian. | 27 |
| Sweet wine makes sour vinegar. German. | 28 |
| The best wine has its lees. French. | 29 |
The counsels that are given in wine
Will do no good to thee or thine. | 30 |
| The sourest vinegar comes from the sweetest wine. German. | 31 |
| The wine given to your workman is that for which you get the best paid. French. | 32 |
| The wine is not known by the hoops. French. | 33 |
| The wine skin has its reason for smelling of pitch. Portuguese. | 34 |
| There is a devil in every berry of the grape. Koran. | 35 |
| There is no one so wise that wine does not make him a fool. German. | 36 |
| There is no such witness as a good measure of wine. Spanish. | 37 |
| Thick wine is better than clear water. Italian. | 38 |
| Truth and folly dwell in the wine cask. Danish. | 39 |
| When the beer (or wine) goes in the wit goes out. Dutch, Danish. | 40 |
| When the wine is in the man, the wit is in the can. Dutch. | 41 |
| When the wine’s in, the wit’s out. Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish. | 42 |
| When wine enters modesty departs. | 43 |
| When wine sinks words swim. | 44 |
| Where the best wine grows the worst is drank. German. | 45 |
| Where wine goes in, modesty goes out. Italian, German. | 46 |
| Who prates of war or want, after his wine! Horace. | 47 |
| Wine and youth are fire upon fire. | 48 |
| Wine carries no rudder. Latin. | 49 |
| Wine enters the stomach and business grows ripe in the brain. Chinese. | 50 |
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| Wine ever pays for his lodging. | 51 |
| Wine hath drowned more men than the sea. Publius Syrus. | 52 |
| Wine in the bottle doth not quench the thirst. | 53 |
| Wine is a turn-coat, first a friend, then an enemy. | 54 |
| Wine is the blood of devils. Manes the Persian. | 55 |
| Wine is the master’s, but the goodness is the drawer’s. | 56 |
| Wine poured out is not wine swallowed. French. | 57 |
| Wine that costs nothing is digested ere it be drank. | 58 |
Wine upon beer is very good cheer,
Beer upon wine consider with fear. German. | 59 |
| Wine washes off the daub. | 60 |
| Wine wears no breeches: i.e., discloses the man. French, Spanish. | 61 |
| Wine will not keep in a foul vessel. French. | 62 |
| You drink water when you have wine at your elbow. | 63 |
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