Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London