PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.
REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.