When in Rome, do as Rome does.
Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.
A lottery is a tax on stupidity.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.