There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.

Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is the smell of the several kinds of powder used in preparing it.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.