Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.

USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.