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The three golden balls of civilization:
Industry, commerce, and wealth.
The three companions of beauty:
Modesty, love, and constancy.
The three blessings of this life:
Health, wealth, and a good conscience.
The four comforts of this life:
Love, liberty, health, and a contented mind.
The three spirits that have no souls:
Brandy, rum, and gin.
The three L's;
Love, loyalty, and length of days.
The three M's;
Modesty, moderation, and mutuality.
Modesty in our discourse.
Moderation in our wishes.
Mutuality in our affection.
THE MUSICIAN'S TOAST.--May a crotchet in the head never bar
the utterance of good notes.
May the lovers of harmony never be in want of a note, and its
enemies die in a common chord.
THE SURGEON'S TOAST.--The man that bleeds for his country.
THE WAITER'S TOAST.--The clever waiter who puts the cork in
first and the liquor afterwards.
THE GLAZIER'S TOAST.--The praiseworthy glazier who takes
_panes_ to see his way through life.
THE GREENGROCER'S TOAST.--May we spring up like vegetables,
have turnip noses, radish cheeks, and carroty hair; and may
our hearts never be hard like those of cabbages, nor may we be
rotten at the core.
THE PAINTER'S TOAST.--When we work in the wet may we never
want for driers.
THE TALLOW CHANDLER'S TOAST.--May we make light of our
misfortunes, melt the fair when we press them, and make our
foes wax warm in our favour.
THE HATTER'S TOAST.--When the rogue _naps_ it, may the lesson
be _felt_.
THE TAILOR'S TOAST.--May we always _sheer_ out of a lawsuit,
and by so doing _cut_ bad company.
THE BAKER'S TOAST.--May we never be done so much as to make us
crusty.
THE LAWYER'S TOAST.--May the depth of our potations never
cause us to let judgment go by default.
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LATIN.
_Ad finem esto fidelis_. Be faithful to the end.
_Amor patriae_. The love of our country.
_Dilige amicos_. Love your friends.
_Dum vivimus vivamus_. Let us live while we live.
_Esto perpetua_. Be thou perpetual.
_Palmam qid meruit ferate_. Let him who has won bear the palm.
_Pro aris et focis_. For our altars and fireside.
_Vox populi vox Dei_. The voice of the people is the voice of
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