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

According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

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

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.