Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.

Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.