Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.