As he brews, so shall he drink.

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

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

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

Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.

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

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

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

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

I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication.

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.

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

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