Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

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

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.