Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. – Ambrose Bierce

Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. – Ambrose Bierce
Deliberation. The act of examining ones bread to determine which side it is buttered on. – 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
The doctors tell us of a physical disease called fatty degeneration of the heart… there is a moral malady—fatty degeneration of the soul; sooner or later it attacks every man, however noble his career, who puts self forward in his aims; who values fame because a personal possession. – Frank Lee Benedict, The Price She Paid, 1882