Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.

Speak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies.

Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Language is the archives of history.

The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.

Under all speech that is good for anything, there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as eternity; speech is shallow as time.

Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.

Words pay no debts.

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment.

It is impossible to translate the poets. Can you translate music?

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.