I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker.

COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him / Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.