Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and persona….

REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed..

Strive not for singularity in dress; Fools have the more and men of sense the less. To look original is not worth while, But be in mind a little out ….

Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness..

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government..

The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is c….

Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel..

When you doubt, abstain..

Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point ….

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to ….

He laughs best who laughs least..

A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long to be read a….

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage..

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense..

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort..

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left..

When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register..

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude..

Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arri….

RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railr….

mine, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it..