DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of disease by the patient's pulse and purse.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

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.

Uncommon extension of the fear of death.