IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back.

The clarinet is a musical instrument the only thing worse than which is two.

Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.