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.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

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

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.