MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive . . . Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part . . . Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.