LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods.

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.