Lapham's Quarterly

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"The great object after supper is to get home, and whether that is obtained in a horizontal posture or perpendicular (as foolish men and apes affect for dignity) I think is little to the purpose. The end is always greater than the means. Here I am, able to compose a sensible rational apology, and what signifies how I got here? I have just sense enough to remember I was very happy last night..."

Charles Lamb is not sorry he got wasted at your party last night (in 1830):http://bit.ly/1eEF8UH