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.

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of disease by the patient's pulse and purse.