Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.
The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.
Pray, v.: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone and as irrational as a headless hen.
SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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