PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

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.'