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The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.
The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
Eating words has never given me indigestion.
Eating words has never given me indigestion.
It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.