A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.