“Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.”

“Humanity, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.”

“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.”

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

“diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.”

“Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.”

“Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.”