"A specialist is one who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Bigot: one who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Brains: that which which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)

"Bride: a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
- Ambrose [Gwinett] Bierce ( - 1914)