PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. A desiccated epigram.

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

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.