How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

God never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk, that he might make the message clear for them.

I live by good soup, and not on fine language.

Language is the house of being. In its home human beings dwell. Those who think and those who create with words are the guardians of this home.

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.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

It is a luxury to be understood.

I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

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

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.

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

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