“Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.”

“Beware of the compound adjective, beloved of the tyro and the 'poetess'.”

“Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.”

“Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.”

“Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.”

“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”

“LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.”