Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.