“Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law.”

“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.”

“Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.”

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

“Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.”

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

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