There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it. – Thomas Love Peacock
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. – Thomas Love Peacock
Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man. – Thomas Love Peacock
Not drunk is he who from the floor – Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. – Thomas Love Peacock
Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. – Thomas Love Peacock
I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race. – Thomas Love Peacock
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. – Thomas Love Peacock
