Toasts
Language Arts & Disciplines
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
November 10, 2009
243
For anyone who will ever face a sea of expectantly raised glasses, or anyone who is fascinated by words and wordplay, this rich compendium of toasts for every occasion will prove as entertaining as it is useful. Weddings, graduations, anniversaries, births (and birthdays), family reunions, business dinners, and other occasions are all included. Two-color throughout.
I enjoy reading collections of sayings and quotes, and just finished this book of toasts by Paul Dickson. It was enjoyable, and as always I picked up a few things. Here are a few favorites.
“May we have more and more friends, and need them less and less”
“Here’s champagne to our real friends and real pain to our sham friends”
“Good luck till we are tired of it.”
There was a short section on curses, and a great Yiddish one was “May the greatest doctors in the world know of your case.”