Part 73

The three M's: Mirth, music, and moderation. Mirth at every board. Music in all instruments. Moderation in our desires.

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.