FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

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

No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war.

Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.