Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce
Physician — One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. – Ambrose Bierce

Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce
Physician — One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. – Ambrose Bierce
Take not Gods name in vain; select a time when it will have effect. – Ambrose Bierce
Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce