Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Why then should words challenge Eternity, When greatest men, and greatest actions die? Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those that now are most in vogue; Use is the judge, the law, and rule of speech.
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
The question is yet before the court.