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

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.

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

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best.

What soberness conceals, Drunkenness reveals.

Draft beer, not people!

On Drinking – stop at three, for the fourth is ours no longer, but belongs to Hubris. The fifth belongs to yelling, the sixth to prancing about, the seventh to black eyes. The eighth brings the watch, the ninth vomiting and the tenth, insanity and hurling the furniture.

The best cure for drunkenness is whilst sober, to observe a drunken person.

What is said when drunk has been thought out beforehand.