A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.

LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.

Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.

BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.