Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Drunkenness

Drunkenness brutifies even the bravest spirits.Feltham.

Drunkenness does not produce faults; it discovers them, for time does not change manners; it uncovers them.Chinese.

Drunkenness is a bewitching devil, a pleasant poison and a sweet sin.Augustine.

Drunkenness is a pair of spectacles to see the devil and all his works.

Drunkenness is an egg from which all vices are hatched.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.Seneca.

Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts and some devils.

Drunkenness turns a man out of himself and leaves a beast in his room.

Thought when sober, said when drunk.German.

What soberness conceals drunkenness reveals.

What you do when drunk you must pay for when sober.Scotch.