MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is the imminence, immediate or remote, of the performance of an involuntary act.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.