Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.
Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one’s bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.