At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first.

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn.