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

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

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

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

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

Moderation in all things.

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

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.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

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

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

Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education.

An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.