Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.