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SELECTED TOASTS
''Be glad and your friends ar e many,
Be sad an
cl
y ou Jose them an;
There ar e none to decline your n ectaTed
wine,
But alone you must drink life's
gan . "
*
"Her e's to Hen, toss it off in a qua ff,
lads;
Drink the health of the Devil, a n<!
la ugh, lad s;
Pledge the t ale of the wheat and the
chaff, lads;
H er e 's to H ell! "
*
"Let 's have a smile. "
*
To my enemies her e's my toast:
I hope each shall soon be a ghost,
And that the devil in h ell
Will ne'er be a clay well
Till all have been given a r oast !
*
Sing and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
Th e echoes bound to a joyous soimcl,
And good wine b anishes care.
Woman-she n eeds no eulogy- she
speaks for her self.
*
"Let 's have a nip."
*
Champagne for our r eal friends am!
real pains for our sham friends.
*
May t he devil cut the t oes off all
our
f oes,
That. we may know them by their limp–
m g.
In poker, like a glass of beer,
You draw to
nil.