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The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare... On the contrary, in the countries which, either from excessive heat or cold, produce no grapes, and where wine consequently is dear and a rarity, drunkenness is a common vice.
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I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate - treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldn't be sustainable for me, and that's what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life.
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When I feel like I'm not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don't know how to deal with it. I find some consolation in the fact that all mommies feel it. If there was a way to cure mommy guilt, I would bottle it and be a bazillionaire.
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The electron, as it leaves the atom, crystallises out of Schrödinger's mist like a genie emerging from his bottle.
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Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.
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Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.
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I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.
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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us--not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Tea is certainly as much of a social drink as coffee, and more domestic, for the reason that the teacup hours are the family hours.
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The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.
