A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.
Ambrose BierceBigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
Ambrose BierceDance, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter. There are many kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two sexes have two characteristics in common: they are conspicuously innocent, and warmly loved by the vicious.
Ambrose Bierce