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

A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

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

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.