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.

PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.

Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.