Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.
The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.
X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.
PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.