A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.

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.

Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women.