Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.