George Herbert Quotes

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

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

I drink no more than a sponge.

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

We have drunk too much of your rum already, which has occasioned our destruction; we will, in the future, beware of it.

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.

For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood.

I can hardly bring myself to caution you against drinking, because I am persuaded that I am writing to a rational creature, a gentleman, and not to a swine. However, that you may not be insensibly drawn into that beastly custom of even sober drinking and sipping, as the sots call it, I advise you to be of no club whatsoever.

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.

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.

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

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.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

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

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.

He [Peter the Great] took his bottle heartily, so must all the company; for when he was merry himself he loved to see everybody so; though at the same time he could not endure habitual drinkers, for such he thought unfit for business.

He who drinks too much beer must drink water

Drunkenness was attacked in the same manner; it was discountenanced on every occasion by those who had charge of any department: its destructive and pernicious effects were frequently stated by his own more prudent comrades, at the proper moment when the individual was soberly suffering from the effects of his previous excess; pot- and public-houses were gradually removed from the immediate vicinity of their dwellings; the health and comfort of temperance were made familiar to them; by degrees drunkenness disappeared, and many who were habitual bacchanalians are now conspicuous for undeviating sobriety.

Physical fitness is a farce without self-control, judgment, and discretion, which are the three qualities of mind first to be dulled by and made incompetent by the use of alcohol

I wasn't really an alcoholic, but I was losing control. I still go for a beer, but I drink a lot less.

Donald Trump does not touch alcohol, which is really respectable. But think about that. That means every statement, every interview, every tweet - completely sober.

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.