ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.

Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-smelling.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.