A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
Ambrose BiercePatriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
Ambrose BierceAn old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
Ambrose Bierce