More quotes by Ambrose Bierce

"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."
"Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows."
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
"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."