NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

Age is provident because the less future we have the more we fear it.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".