Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.

April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.