MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

Habit: A shackle for the free.

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.

PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood.

Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.