Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction... - Ambrose Bierce

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

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

"You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps."

"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."

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