Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.

An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.