“I am drunk, seest thou? When I am not drunk I do not talk. You have never heard me talk much. But an intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend his time with fools.”

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”

“If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.”

“I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.”

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”

“Now I am depressed myself,' I said. 'That's why I never think about these things. I never think and yet when I begin to talk I say the things I have found out in my mind without thinking.”

“Let’s not talk about how I am. It’s a subject I know too much about to want to think about anymore.”