Ambrose Bierce

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

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

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

Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.