I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the road safer, the beer stronger, the old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer. And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. The government will fall that raises the price of beer. Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink. Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Man's way to God is with beer in hand. I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. If you can make oatmeal cookies at home, you can brew beer. Real women don't drink light beer. A quart of ale is dish for a king.