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

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

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

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

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.

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

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal.

A true German can’t stand the French, / Yet willingly he drinks their wines.

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

Sex and drugs and rock and roll.

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

Moderation in all things.