Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.

Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.