The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more

And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?

It was greek to me.

It was greek to me.

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.