CIGARETTES
"I never knew tobacco taken as a parenthesis before."—B. Jonson.
WINES
"Good, my Lord, you are full of heavenly stuff."—Henry VIII.
"I feel the old convivial glow (unaided) o'er me stealing,
The warm champagny, old particular, brandy, punchy feeling."
—Holmes.
"Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used; exclaim no more against it."—Othello.
"I pray thee, take the cork out of thy mouth that I may drink."—As You Like It.
"This wine should be eaten, it's too good to be drunk.—Swift.
"Fill the goblets again, Cnacias. Let us drink the last cup to the manes of famous Lysander, and then, though unwillingly, I must warn you of the approach of day. The host who loves his guests rises from the table when the joy reaches its climax. The pleasant memory of this untroubled evening will soon bring you back to this house, whereas you would be less willing to return if you were forced to think of the hours of depression which followed your enjoyment."—From "An Egyptian Princess."