A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.
MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
Congratulations is the civility of envy.
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.