NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

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

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.