If she speaks, it will only be a pleasant word or two; should she have anything important to say, the moment will be after tea, not before it; this she knows by instinct. – George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903 (of the housekeeper b

So of all the particulars of health and exercise, and fit nutriment, and tonics. Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims, “Inspiration”

The froth of tea burns with brilliance. – Author Unknown

Ha, ha, ha: love and scandal are the best sweetners of tea. – Henry Fielding, “Love in Several Masques,” 1727 (Lady Matchless)