Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

It's nothing like it was before, it wasn't that kind of injury, but they just don't know. We're going to be extra cautious.

The system of refusing the mere act of drinking and leaving the desire in full force, is unintelligent war tactics, it seems to me

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance

It's been kind of a normal injury pattern,