Twice – Once too often.

An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.