Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce
Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce
Land: A part of the earths surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. – Ambrose Bierce
Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. – Ambrose Bierce