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“It is not for kings, Lemuel.
It is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to crave liquor.
Otherwise, they drink and forget what they have decreed
and change the standard of justice for all oppressed people.
Give liquor to a person who is dying
and wine to one who feels resentful.

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