Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.

ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.