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

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

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.

Words pay no debts.

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They indeed are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them. 

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

Language is the archives of history.

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

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

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.

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

Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

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.