FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

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.

REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter