Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce Quote

Optimism: The doctrine or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be

Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another