Be brief, be pointed, let your matter standLucid in order, solid and at hand;Spend not your words on trifles but condense;Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;Press to close with vigor, once begun,And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done.
Joseph Story (1851). “Life and Letters of Joseph Story: Edited by his son William W. Story. (Mit 1 Porträt.)”, p.88
