CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.