When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.