PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.

Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect — don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security; it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he shall prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.