You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

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.

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

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

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.