Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.