PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Age is provident because the less future we have the more we fear it.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.