BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
Ambrose BierceTo renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.
Ambrose BierceACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.
Ambrose Bierce