"Total abstinence is a long chalk below temperance, but it's better than drunkenness any day.

And if a man can't get on without three-finger nips, let him take the pledge.

There are one or two here to-night who would be the better for it.

But, to my thinking, total abstinence is like a water mattress.

It is good for a sick man, and it's good for a man with a weak will, which is another kind of illness.