Quill: An instrument of torture yielded by a goose and commonly weilded by as ass.

The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. 'I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,' said Brillat-Savarin, beginning an anecdote. 'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.'

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