When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practised man relies on the language of the first

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. - Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Language is fossil poetry.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone