Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence is not altogether false. . . for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe."

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.