Ambrose Bierce

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.