Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.

DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.

No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war.

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.