A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

Noise: a stench in the ear.