“Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.”
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.