Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.

DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper - the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.