Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
Ambrose BierceVote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Ambrose BierceGUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.
Ambrose BierceHomicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he died by one kind or another - the classification is for the advantage of the lawyers.
Ambrose Bierce