ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.

Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.