Police: Similia similibus.
Policy: Leaving a few things unsaid.
Politeness: 1. The screen of language; the irony of civility; a fishing-rod. 2. A substitute for war. 3. To wipe your feet carefully on the common doormat before letting yourself in another's premises with a skeleton key. 4. Caliban in a boiled shirt, tuxedo and spats. (Politeness in the animal world is known after eating only; in the human world it is known both before and after eating, and, in a certain restricted circle, during eating.)
Prayer: A supplication intended for the person who prays. Only very dull people doubt its efficacy.
Prig: A person with more money than he needs.