I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
Of course one should not drink much, but often.
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.
Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.