OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.