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

Intemperance

Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.Dutch.

Gods! what wild folly from the goblet flows.Homer.

He earns a farthing and has a penny-worth of thirst.Italian.

Intemperance and lust breed infirmities.Tillotson.

Intemperance is the doctor’s wet nurse.German.

Intoxication is a temporary madness.Pythagoras.

More men are drowned in the bowl than in the sea.German.

Thousands perish from intemperance; meanwhile all the world give themselves over to it.Chinese.

We have snakes in our cups and in our dishes and whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.L’Estrange.

When drink enters, wisdom departs.Spanish.

You take your health to the whiskey shop once too often until it gets broken.Cork saying.