Here's to you, as good as you are,
And here's to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am!
—An Old Scotch Toast
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen
Here's to the widow of fifty;
Here's to the flaunting, extravagant queen,
And here's to the housewife that's thrifty!
Let the toast pass;
Drink to the lass;
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.
—Sheridan.
"The women, God bless them, we toast them alway,
Lest the women, God bless them, roast us every day."
While there's life on the lip, while there's warmth in the wine,
One deep health I'll pledge, and that health shall be thine.
Lucille—Owen Meredith.
Crown high the goblets with a cheerful draught;
Enjoy the present hour; adjourn the future thought.
—Dryden's Virgil.