PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.