REVOLUTION, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. . . . the substitution of the rule of an Administration for that of a Ministry, whereby the welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.