Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.

Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans".

Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-smelling.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.