Who said “Never be so brief as to become obscure.”?

“It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics.”

“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.”

“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”

“Good things, when short, are twice as good.”

“I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.”

“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”

“Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.”

“Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.”

“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.”

“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”

“We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.”