PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.