"How did he get his title of colonel?"
"He got it to distinguish him from his wife's first husband, who was a captain, and his wife's second husband, who was a major."
For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.—Machiavelli.
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an "Honest Man."—George Washington.
TOASTS
See Drinking; Good fellowship; Woman.