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

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.