THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Ambrose Bierce 

G and H

 

Ghost - The outward and visible sign of an inward fear

 

Grave - A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student

Habit - A shackle for the free

Happiness  - An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another

Hatred - A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority

 

Hope - Desire and expectation rolled into one

Hurry - The dispatch of bunglers

Hypocrite - One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises