Aristocrats: n. fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts - guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts.

HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it has to try twice before it can cast a shadow.

Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".

The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London