COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.

MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.