If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.
If you understand compound interest, you basically understand the universe.
Being loved by all is little fun Unless you're also loved by one.
If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory.
Your clothes smell heavily of clothing. Your den is filled with low-hanging palls of fresh air. The only rattle in your car is the sound of toll change in the ashtray. The absence of telltale tobacco stains on your shirt collar tells the tale - you've licked the smoking habit.
There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.