ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."
ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.