Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

Think twice before you speak to a friend in need

NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.