REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.