Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.