Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet - two clarinets.
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.
Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.