PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi. A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled.

Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.