Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.

Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of "requiescat in pace", attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than "reductus in pulvis".

You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.

PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

There are two instruments worse than a clarinet - two clarinets.