A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.
What we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.
Love speaks to the heart like a mime to a mute.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.
Lady you bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers.