KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

Woman absent is woman dead.