Faith, n.: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Scriptures, n.: The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
