"I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter."
permalink source: Blaise PascalThe point of good writing is knowing when to stop. –
permalink source: L.M. MontgomeryShort words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
permalink source: Winston ChurchillTry and be concise and clear. Don't just ramble on ad nauseum. As Alexander Pope said "Perspicuity is the chiefest virtue of a style." My students often ask me what will happen if they go over the page limit on their papers. I tell them, you will find a comment on the bottom of the last expected page which says "This was a good paper, but it ended rather abruptly."
permalink source: Ben Witherington, http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2007/03/ten-commandments-on-blogging-on-this.html