They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

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

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.