Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

To seek a justification for a decision already made.

A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.