Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
From Ambrose Bierce
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
When you doubt, abstain.
Doubt is the father of invention.
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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