Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

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.

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.