For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.