It is my design to die in the brew-house; let ale be placed to my mouth when I am expiring, that when the choirs of angels come, they may say, “Be God propitious to this drinker.”

– Saint Columbanus, A.D. 612

A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. “Much obliged,” said he, pushing the plate aside, “I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.”

– Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Drink to me.

–last words of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish artist