A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

San Francisco is the place where most people were last seen

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.