Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

I promise ... to abstain from all kinds of intoxicating drink, unless used medically.

I am not a member of any temperance society; but I am temperate, in this, that I don’t drink anything.

I'm not no 'drink wine every day' kind of dude.

something has been said for sobriety but very little.

If one must drink, then let one drink thrice a month, for more is bad. If one gets drunk twice a month, it is better; if one gets drunk once a month, that is better still; and if one doesn't drink at all, that is the best of all.

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

I drink no more than a sponge.

I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

I can go eight days without a drink—but who wants to be a camel.

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to do so. I never, ever drink while on duty. The drinking is only for my pleasure. I do not remember neglecting my duties because of drinking even once.

Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess in it, and therefore, after having been for some time without it, on account of illness, I thought it better not to return to it. Every man is to judge for himself, according to the effects which he experiences.

I like my wine and vodka, but that doesn't mean I fall about drunk. I know my limits.

I am not going to sit here and say I am never going to drink again. That is not realistic.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water.

I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.