Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

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