Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. - Ambrose Bierce

"Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows."

"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic."

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

"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."

"The covers of this book are too far apart."