Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in plac... - Ambrose Bierce

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

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

"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."

"Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."