RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain.

The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

SYCOPHANT- One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor.

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.