Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.

ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.