Brevity: To Say At Once Whatever Is

Prejudices Are So To Speak The Mechanical Instincts Of Men: Through Their Prejudices They Do Without Any Effort Many Things They Would Find Too Difficult To Think Through To The Point Of Resolving To Do Them.

One Should Never Trust A Person Who, While Assuring You Of Something, Puts His Hands On His Heart.

No Despotism Is So Formidable As That Of A Religion Or A Scientific System.

Erudition Can Produce Foliage Without Bearing Fruit.

When An Acquaintance Goes By I Often Step Back From My Window, Not So Much To Spare Him The Effort Of Acknowledging Me As To Spare Myself The Embarrassment Of Seeing That He Has Not Done So.