Laughter–an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features, and accompanied by — Ambrose Bierce
Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit. — Ambrose Bierce
GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student. — Ambrose Bierce
INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity. — Ambrose Bierce
PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not — Ambrose Bierce