Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.