RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

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

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing.

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.