words Quotes

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.