Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh..

Advice, the smallest current coin..

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping..

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of th….

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession..

HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christi….

hybrid, n. A pooled issue..

Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich..

MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal..

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had..

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great mate….

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead..

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent..

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observe….

Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box..

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence is no….

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separ….

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity..

aim, n. The task we set our wishes to..

ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . ..

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors..