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• Si bene commemini, causae sunt quinque bibendi;
  Hospitis adventus ; praesens sitis ; atque futura ;
  Et vini bonitas ; et quaelibet altera causa.
  
  If all be true that I do think,
  There are five reasons we should drink;
  Good wine, a friend, or being dry,
  Or least we should be by-and-by,
  Or any other reason why.
  
  [Attributed to "Dr. Henry Aldrich (Dean of Christ Church), 1700" by French (1884) and the 11th edition Brannica (1911),  it is also attributed to Jean Sirmond,  French Latin poet (c. 1589 - 1649), by Menage and De la Monnoye, see "Menagiana," vol. I, p. 172.  I have not verified either claim.]

• 
  In Vino Veritas
  In Cervesio Felicitas
  
  In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is joy.

 

• Ad finem esto fidelis. 
  
  Be faithful to the end. 

 

• A mor patriae. 
  
  The love of our country. 

 

• Dilige amicas. 
  
  Love your friends. 

 

• Dum vivimus vivamus. 
  
  Let us live while we live. 

 

• Esto perpetua. 
  
  Be thou perpetual. 

 

• Palmam qui meruit ferat. 
  
  Let him who has won bear the palm. 

 

• Pro aris et focis. 
  
  For our altars and firesides. 

 

• Vox populi vox Dei. 
  
  The voice of the people is the voice of God.