RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.

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

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an "old" book.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.