PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.

One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.