Speech

When in doubt tell the truth

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it

England and America are two countries separated by the same language

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed

A picture paints a thousand words

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

The human voice is the organ of the soul

Isn't life, she stammered, isn't life--

Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different