An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
There's not a man, woman or child on the face of the earth who doesn't enjoy a tasty beverage.
If men had to do their vile work without the assistance of woman and the stimulant of strong drink they would be obliged to be more divine and less brutal.
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.