Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
Vodka does not ease back pain. But it does get your mind off it.
Now drown care in wine. [Lat., Nunc vino pellite curas.]
Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done, except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all.
I never thought that alcohol could ease the notion of the sadness, Now what used to be a happy home done turned into some bad sh!t
By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]
I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.
Modern life ... is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief.
When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.
Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.
We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.