Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.