Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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

Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.

LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.

HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it has to try twice before it can cast a shadow.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.