Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

Only in stillness the windOnly from ice the flame.When all were Nameless, the wise will tellIt was only by knowing the otherThat they came to know themselves.

So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to notice the terrible sameness, age after age.

We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year.

Whenever possible, the left and the Democrats have de-stigmatized irresponsible behavior.

A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse.

Modernity is not about dress codes.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.