RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg "pate".

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

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.