Prohibition may be a disputed theory, but none can say that it doesn't hold water.
Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
Somebody left the cork out of my lunch.
Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.
Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the 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.
The best audience is one that is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
The Great Spirit, who made all things, made every thing for some use, and whatever use he designed anything for, that use it should always be put to. Now, when he made rum, he said ''Let this be for the Indians to get drunk with,'' and it must be so.
The hangover became a part of the day as well allowed-for as the Spanish siesta.
The piano has been drinking, not me.
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
The whole world is about three drinks behind.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running the slightest risk, and what you say when you want it is, ''Garcon! Un Pernod!''
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