Related:

• Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• He laughs best who laughs least. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ARCHITECT, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LONGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...