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

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.

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end – and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

Beware of the man who does not drink.

One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too few.

Choose your company before you drink.