Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used ... as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities.

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."