HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

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

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.