RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

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

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.