Related:

• BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Distress, n.: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary...
• LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Distress, n.: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Hatred, n.: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...