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 If you wish all your prospects in life to be clouded, be a drunkard ; and they will be dark enough.

If you would destroy your body, be a drunkard; as drunkenness is the mother of disease.

If you mean to ruin your soul, be a drunkard ; that you may be excluded from heaven.

If you are resolved on suicide, be a drunkard ; that being a sure mode of destruction.

If you would expose both your folly and secrets, be a drunkard ; and they will soon run out while the liquor runs in.

If you are plagued with great bodily strength, be a drunkard ; and it will soon be subdued by so powerful an antagonist.

If you would get rid of your money without knowing how, be a drunkard; and it will vanish insensibly.

If you would have no other resource when past labour, but a work-house, be a drunkard ; and will be unable to provide any.

If you are determined to expel all domestic harmony from your house, be a drunkard ; and discord with all her train, will soon enter.