NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.

A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans".

Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.

PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.