It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.
Responsibility n: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God Fate Fortune Luck or one's neighbour. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of t...
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Ignoramus: a person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.