Sober

Sober usually refers to sobriety, the state of not being under the influence of alcohol. It may also refer to:

“Did some more sober critic come abroad?
If wrong, I smil’d; if right, I kiss’d the rod.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

“Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“All saints revile her, and all sober men
Ruled by the God Apollo’s golden mean—”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)