Drink does not drown care but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Abstainer, n. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher

Of man’s wit and his discretion.

Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.

Drink today and drown all sorrow;

You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.

My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably.

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated has not the art of getting drunk.

Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.

Drinking with women is as unnatural as scolding with ’em.

The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.