Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.

A man is known by the company he organizes.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.