PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.