Ambrose Bierce, writer of famous "The Devil's Dictionary"

"AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"ANOINT, v.t. To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)