One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Words are clothes that thoughts wear

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?