Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvelous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.

Knights, line 90-96 (our emphasis on 95-96), Demosthenes speaking - Knights (424 BC) [tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus]