Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.

Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.