APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.

The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

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