Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.

URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples.