First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink takes the man.

Choose your company before you drink.

A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

When your companions get drunk and fight, take up your hat and wish them good night.

A drink is shorter than a tale.

Stone cold sober.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

He who quarrels with a drunken man injures the absent.

I pray thee let me and my fellow have A hair of the dog that bit us last night.