OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.