Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar -- that I call an achievement.

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.