ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.

PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.

OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.

A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity