1903 The Complete Buffet Guide or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks by V.B. Lewis

Toasts and A fter Dinner Speeches

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The world is filled with flowers , The flowers are filled with dew, The dew is filled with love And you and ·you and you.

Here's to you as good as you are As good as you are and as bad as I am; And to me as bad as I am; I'm as good as you are as bad as I am.

The Law-The only thing certain about litigation is its uncertainty.

The Lawyer-A learned gentleman, who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it himself.

It 's the best wine that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of whoso drinketh to murmur in praise.

The grape that can with logic absolute, The two and seventy j arring sects confute; The sovereign alchem1st that in a trice Life's leaden metal into gold transmutes. My life has been like sunny skies When they are fair t o view; But ther e n ever yet were lives or skies . Clouds might not wander through.

The Three Great · American Generals-General Peace , General Prosperity , and General Satisfaction.