I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”(Letter 16, 1657)

It’s not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” [Letter to Harrison Blake; November 16, 1857]

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.”(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers)