Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.

Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.