“Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
Today it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.”

“If our petitions are sincere, we labor for what we ask; and our Father, who seeth in secret, will reward us openly.”

“Of seeming arms to make a short essay,
Then hasten to be drunk — the business of the day.”

“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.”

“Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.”

“Ulysses S. Grant, you invite me to lunch then show up an hour late drunk?”

“Well I got a bad liver and broken heart,
yeah, I drunk me a river since you
tore me apart”

“Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.”

“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”

“Our constitution protects aliens, drunks, and U. S. Senators. There ought to be one day (just one) when there is open season on senators.”