Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire

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.

ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.