ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.