EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other-which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of the dog.

True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.