The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.

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

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.