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When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio read more
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say read more
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad
company by doing so."
And I wish his soul in heaven may dwell,
Who first invented this leathern bottel!
And I wish his soul in heaven may dwell,
Who first invented this leathern bottel!
How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall
At the clink of the ice in the read more
How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall
At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the
hall.
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
