PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

He laughs best who laughs least.

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.

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