A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success. – Ambrose Bierce
Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success. – Ambrose Bierce
Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. – Ambrose Bierce
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. – Ambrose Bierce