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.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.

Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

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."

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.

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.