DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

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.

Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.