If you would be a dead weight on the community, and “cumber the ground,” be a Drunkard; for that will render you useless, helpless, burdensome, and expensive.
If you would be a nuisance, be a Drunkard; for the approach of a Drunkard is like that of a dunghill.
If you would be hated by your family and friends, be a Drunkard; and you will soon be more than disagreeable.
If you would be a pest to society, be a Drunkard; and you will be avoided as infectious.
If you do not wish to have your faults reformed, continue to be a Drunkard, and you will not care for good advice.
If you would smash windows, break the peace, get your bones broken, tumble under carts and horses, and be locked up in watch-houses, be a Drunkard; and it will be strange if you do not succeed.
If you wish all your prospects in life to be clouded, be a Drunkard; and they will soon be dark enough.
If you would destroy your body, be a Drunkard; as drunkenness is the mother of disease.
If you mean to ruin your soul, be a Drunkard; that you may be excluded from heaven.