ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other-which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of the dog.

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.