Molecule, n.: The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.

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

Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.

To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.