John Stuart Blackie — Scottish Writer born on July 28, 1809, died on March 02, 1895

Prof John Stuart Blackie FRSE was a Scottish scholar and man of letters... (wikipedia)

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, but God to man doth speak in solitude.
Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts.
Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize.