To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one

LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.