"It may be observed,   in a general way, that life would be   better, distinctly If more of the people &emsp…"

"I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking …"

"Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending--sit down."

"THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT - SECRET - 9 August 1940 - WAR CABINET - BREVITY.…"

"Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolti…"

"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

"Few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon."

"But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthen…"

"Sie wissen, dass ich langsam schreibe, allein dies kommt hauptsächlich daher, weil ich mir nie anders gefallen kann, …"