More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math."
"You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps."
"Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."