Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.

I neither want it [brandy] nor need it, but I should think it pretty hazardous to interfere with the ineradicable habit of a lifetime.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

I've seen the needle and the damage done.