ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

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

PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

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