SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.

Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.