Lives as he ought to, and dies a good fellow.
—Parody on Fletcher.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.—Cervantes.
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. I could wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.—Shakespeare.
The Frenchman loves his native wine;
The German loves his beer;
The Englishman loves his 'alf and 'alf,
Because it brings good cheer;