Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Quill: An instrument of torture yielded by a goose and commonly weilded by as ass.

optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

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.

Truth - An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.