"The trouble with you, John"-- "There's no trouble with me." "Yes, there is, and it is the trouble that comes to all men who form an estimate without having first taken the trouble to think." "Gentlemen," said McGlenn, "I wish to call your attention to that remark.

John Richmond advising people to think before they form their estimates.

John, you are the last man to think before you form an estimate.

Within a minute after you meet a man you are prepared to give your estimate of his character; you'll give a half-hour's opinion on a minute's acquaintance." "Some people can't form an opinion of a man after a year's acquaintance with him, but I can.

I go by a certain instinct, and when the wrong sort of man rubs up against me I know it.