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.

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

INCOMPOSSIBLE, adj. Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both - as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.