Toasts

Here's to the bright New Year
And a fond farewell to the old
Here's to the things that are yet to come
And to the memories that we hold.

May you live all the days of your life.
Jonathan Swift

Dance as if no one were watching, sing as if no one were listening and live every day as if it were your last.

When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let’s all get drunk, and go to heaven! Old Irish toast

May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head be always strong.
And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

May the blessings of light be upon you,
Light without and light within
And in all your comings and goings,
May you ever have a kindly greeting
From them you meet along the road.

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far.

May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door.