FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.

Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.