A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do read more

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge read more

High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge
will come to lodge.

One picture is worth ten thousand words.

One picture is worth ten thousand words.