There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly-but then less is learned there; so what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

An exotic and irrational entertainment.

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.

The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to break his head and he picks it up and buy victuals with it, the physical effect is good. But with respect to me the action is very wrong.

No man hates him at whom he can laugh.

Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.