Brevity: To say at once whatever is to be said.
Ideas too are a life and a world.
The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.
The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness.
There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.
I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less to the conservation of my mind and my body on that account.