Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce
Wit – the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. – Ambrose Bierce

Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce
Wit – the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. – Ambrose Bierce
A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. – Ambrose Bierce
Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. – Ambrose Bierce