Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.

There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a bucket of perfectly lucid water We fall to imagining prodigious honesties.

When things are too clear, they are no longer interesting.

What is conceived well is expressed clearly, And the words to say it with arrive with ease.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble.

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.

Clearness is the ornament of profound thought.