The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.

A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.