INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.

In the algebra of psychology, X stands for a woman's heart.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.