Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.

Ah, children of the sunlight and the gaslight, how little you know of the world in which you live!

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

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