GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.

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

MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.