"Good things, when short, are twice as good." - Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom

"I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure." - Horace, Ars Poetica

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

"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." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

"Brevity is the soul of lingerie." - Dorothy Parker, attributed

"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters

"Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words." - BIBLE, Ecclesiasticus 32:8

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

"I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short." - Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) from 'Lettres Provinciales' [1656-1657], no. 16