EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.

GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These [quills] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called an "author," there results a very fair and accurate transcript of the fowl's thought and feeling.

The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.