POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.

PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

War: A by-product of the arts of peace.