CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal. (Ambrose Bierce)
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots. (Ambrose Bierce)
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. (Ambrose Bierce)
MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But 'mousquetaire' is a might poor way to spell muskeeter. (Ambrose Bierce)
IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others. (Ambrose Bierce)
AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit. (Ambrose Bierce)
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit. (Ambrose Bierce)
ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. (Ambrose Bierce)
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. (Ambrose Bierce)