Example is better than following it.

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.

SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.