April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing.

RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.