Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
Ambrose BierceA total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
Ambrose BierceScriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Ambrose Bierce