HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers.

SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.

A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.