There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it…. Prevention is better than cure. – Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt, 1817
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, and those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied by drink. – Mark Twain, Note-Book, 1935
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety. – Thomas de Quincy, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1856
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that its not the events that matter most to us, but rather, its how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future. – Tony Robbins
