TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

Evolutionary biology is genuinely scientific, but more than that it opens the door to a world more marvellous than any Christian fundamentalist has ever read into the pages of the Bible.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Least said is soon disavowed.

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.