POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.

Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.