A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

"Are you ashamed of having done a right thing once in your life?"

"Ah: Sir — consider I live by the Badness of my Character! — I have nothing but my Infamy to depend on! — and, if it were once known that I had been betray'd into an honest Action, I should lose every Friend I have in the world."

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge, or vicar.