Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.