I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.

An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.