Brevity is the soul of wit.

— William Shakespeare

"Moses and his people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 …

— Unknown

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

— Southey

One rare, strange virtue in speeches, and the secret of their mastery, is, that they are short.

— Halleck

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be, not all that could be said.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

— Pope