"You will not know a detail of the mysteries of existence, as long as you are not disoriented in the circle of existence."

"I can't trust those who sneer at us drinking down to the lees: That is the kind of thing which gets a bad name for religion."

"The wise man knows that he knows nothing."

"The earth is a tavern, and we are all drunkards. Some are drunk with wine, others with ambition, still others with love."

"If the young Magian, wine-seller, display such splendor, I will make my eye-lash the dust-sweeper of the door of the wine-house."