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 May hemp bind those whom honour cannot

May our happiness be sincere and our joys lasting

May we never know sorrow but by name

May the honey of rectitude sweeten the bitterness of sorrow

May the cheerful heart never want a companion

May we never sacrifice at the shrine of deceit

May we never masque but at a masquerade

May the laws of humanity be put in force against the perpetrators

of cruelty

May poverty never stare us in the face without presenting

hope as her successor

May our principles be upright and our morals, pure

May discerning eyes bestow charity, and deserving objects receive it

May we never envy those who are happy, but always strive to imitate them

May we never murmur without a cause, nor ever have a cause

to murmur

May we derive amusement from businesss, and improvement from pleasure

May we never make a sword of our tongues to wound the

character of good men

May private grief never affect the public welfare

May hotesty never want a competency

May the hand of lenity heal the sores of calamity

Fidelity to our friends and feeling to our enemies

May we be always as merry as wise, and as wise as merry

May our commodities of all kinds be fairly and honourably

entered

May our conduct be such as to bear the strictest scrutiny

May length of days be crowned with prudence

May we always be in possession of the power to please

May we live long and enjoy the providence of Heaven

May our looks never be at variance with our thoughts

May the good name that is lost be always retrieved

May our pleasures be free from the stings of remorse

May the miser live unfriended and die unlamented

May misfortunes make us wise

May the extremities of modes be only imitated by fools

May modest dulness be always preferred to learned arrogance

May those of high birth be of a humble mind

May the body be as active as the mind