\documentclass[border=0mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{luamplib}
\begin{document}
\mplibtextextlabel{enable}
\begin{mplibcode}
beginfig(1);
label("\vbox{\hsize 4in It is a truth universally acknowledged,"
     & " that a single man in possession of a good fortune,"
     & " must be in want of a wife.\par}", origin);
label(btex \vbox{\hsize 4in
     It is a truth universally acknowledged,
     that a single man in possession of a good fortune,
     must be in want of a wife.
     \par} etex, 128 down);
label(btex
    \begin{tabular}{c}
        A way to get simple\\
        two line labels
    \end{tabular} etex, 256 down);
endfig;
\end{mplibcode}
\end{document}