IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.
VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.
Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.