MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

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

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.