When you doubt, abstain.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid.

EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.