Speak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies.

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

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

We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.

Anyone who doesn’t know foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

It is a luxury to be understood.

The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Slang is as old as speech and the congregating together of people in cities. It is the result of crowding and excitement and artificial life.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Man is the one name belonging to every nation upon earth: there is one soul and many tongues, one spirit and various sounds; every country has its own speech, but the subjects of speech are common to all.