TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its own.

FORCE, n. "Force is but might," the teacher said p/ "That definition's just."/ The boy said naught but throught instead,/ Remembering his pounded head:/ "Force is not might but must!"

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

When in Rome, do as Rome does.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.