NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.

ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear.

Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.