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MY NEW COCKTAI L BOOK
Three cups of wine a prudent man may take;
The first of them for constitution sake;
The second to the girl he loves the best;
The third and last to lull him to his rest—
Then home to bed.
—ATHENAEUS (Banquet of the Learned)
There's nought, no doubt,so much the spirit calms
As rum and true religion.
—BYRON
A man may drink and no be drunk;
A man may fight and no be slain;
A man may kiss a bonny lass
And aye, be welcome back again.
—BURNS
Merry met and merry part,
I drink to thee with all my heart.
—OLD CUP INSCRIPTION
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
the flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
—THE SONG OF SOLOMON
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For God, in His goodness, sent the grapes
To cheer both great and small;
Little fools will drink too much
And great fools not at all.
—(Author unlcnown)
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