A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed mi….

REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide..

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability..

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets..

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused b….

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

Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit..

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose..

gratitude, n. A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected..

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders..

CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the….

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels..

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam..

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one.

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination..

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem..

Salamander: Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be exti….

DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another..

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket..

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact..

HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog is not i….