ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

Prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

Acquaintance n: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to.

Piracy n: commerce without its folly-swaddles - just as God made it.