Lucius Annarus Seneca, in Letter XII, writes of the benefits of age: "deditos vino potio extrema delectat, illa quae mergit, quae ebrietati summam manum imponit; quod in se iucundissimum omnis voluptas habet in finem sui"
"It is the final glass which pleases the inveterate drinker, the one that sets the crowning touch on his intoxication and sends him off to oblivion. Every pleasure defers till its last its greatest delights." (Robin Campbell's translation in the Penguin Classics edition)
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