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

People who’ve drunk neat wine don’t care a damn.

Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.

Drink today and drown all sorrow; / You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.

Sex and drugs and rock and roll.

I am sure of this: that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now.

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

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.

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

To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation.

I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren’t people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.

There was a great deal of drinking among us but little drunkenness. We all seemed to feel that Prohibition was a personal affront and that we had a moral duty to undermine it.

Moderation in all things.