Cask Quotes

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.

When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.