War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past.

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.