Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

New Year's Day

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. 29 more views from W. Somerset Maugham

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor. 24 quotes from Carl Sandburg

I never worry about being driven to drink I just worry about being driven home. 24 thoughts from W. C. Fields

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. 4 other quotes from Samuel Pepys

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. 81 more thoughts from William Shakespeare

To be an ideal guest, stay at home. 23 more views from E. W. Howe

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. 135 other quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. 31 sayings from Helen Keller

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking. 8 quotes from William Makepeace Thackeray

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. 15 other thoughts from Walter Scott

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. 14 thoughts from F. Scott Fitzgerald

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will. 3 quotes from Jonathan Edwards

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. 3 more sayings from Cyril Cusack

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough. 98 thoughts from Mark Twain