People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show
on behalf of their nearest neighbors.--_George Eliot._
~Brevity.~--To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.--_Charles Buxton._
Was there ever anything written by mere man that was wished longer by
its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's
Progress?--_Johnson._
A sentence well couched takes both the sense and understanding. I love
not those cart-rope speeches that are longer than the memory of man can
fathom.--_Feltham._
I saw one excellency was within my reach--it was brevity, and I
determined to obtain it.--_Jay._
Be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are
condensed, the deeper they burn.--_Southey._