Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: _Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum_ --"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters --the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.