Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.

To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.