Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. – Plato

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. – Voltaire