PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.

Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.