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.

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.