Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

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.

Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

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.