The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety....People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare... On the contrary, in the countries which, either from excessive heat or cold, produce no grapes, and where wine consequently is dear and a rarity, drunkenness is a common vice.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1776) - ISBN: 9781613105290