Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.