Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.
PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.