REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

Woman absent is woman dead.

UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.