Omar Khayyam — "To-day is a king in disguise, and we are his courtiers. To-morrow is a queen, an…"

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness – Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"

"The world is a tavern, and we are its guests; let us drink and be merry, for soon we must depart."

"Earth’s Secret to a starting Point of Glass Was solved for me; it was the Glass that was the Cause."

"I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And evermore my Soul said, 'I myself am Heav'n and Hell.'"

"Give me wine, for wine is the essence of life, and the antidote to sorrow."