Ambrose Bierce

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. ”

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. ”

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. ”

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge. ”

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. ”