Alcoholism plus criminality plus whatever caused both in the first place form a combination that is very nearly happy-ending-proof.
the possession of power brings on madness.
Man hovers between Paradise and the Pit.
Tomorrows were full of awful things. Today, now, was the essential.
Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.
Insanity has excuses; wickedness has not.