RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman.

A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.

MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.