Most thinkers write badly, because they communicate not only their thoughts, but also the thinking of them.

Clarity and cogency can be reconciled with a greater brevity...it is slothful not to compress your thoughts.

There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight.

Everyone being allowed to learn to read ruins in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

We cannot even reproduce our thoughts entirely in words.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.