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."

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.

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

If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it.

COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.