That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.

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

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher / Of man’s wit and his discretion.

Sex and drugs and rock and roll.

Thanks be to God: since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.

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

Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.

As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.

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

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Modern life is often a mechanical oppression, and liquor is the only mechanical relief.

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