There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
The word ‘tight’ has twenty-two definitions, but my favorite is Webster’s fifth – “a bond which cannot be broken.
The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language.
The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Self-confidence adds more to conversation than wit.[La confiance fournit plus à la conversation que l’esprit.]
Saying nothing, sometimes says the Most.[to Aunt Katie]
Rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, which gives men stomach to digest his words with better appetite.
People who know little speak a great deal, and people who know a great deal speak little.[Les gens qui savent peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savent beaucoup parlent peu.]
One must speak as much as one can by deeds and say only what one does not know how to do.[Il faut parler tant qu’on peut par les actions, et ne dire que ce qu’on ne sauroit faire.]
Nowadays it is only the unreadable that occurs.
