Ambrose Bierce

"Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage."

- Ambrose Bierce

"An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Calamities come in two types: misfortunes to us and good fortune for others."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

- Ambrose Bierce

"To be trusted with a blade at a man’s neck has always been a great honor and responsibility."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Speak when you are angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."

- Ambrose Bierce

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

- Ambrose Bierce

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

- Ambrose Bierce

"Peace—in international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting."

- Ambrose Bierce

"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."

- Ambrose Bierce

"Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond."

- Ambrose Bierce