Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.

MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.