Related:

• BIGAMY, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Wit, n.: The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery .
  .. by leaving it out. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.
  -- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...