Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.