If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the read more

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books - what other men read more

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books - what other men do not say in whole books.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.