Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

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?

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.

Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.