Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.