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."

Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures.

An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.