Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.