Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.

MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.

The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.

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

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.