ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.

New York is too strenuous for me; it gets on my nerves.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.