Jealous: Concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

What is God singing in his profound Delphi of gold and shadow?

Telephone: An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

Language: The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.

Laughter: An interior convulsion$$$ producing a distortion of the features$$$ and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious$$$ and though intermittent$$$ incurable.

Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting

Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.