Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. A desiccated epigram.
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.