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 lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

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."

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

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.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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.