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

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

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

Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.