“How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.” – Herbert Spencer

“Words of love, are works of love.” – William R. Alger

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” – Edward Thorndike

“By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life.” – Jean Baptiste Girard

“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.” – Kahlil Gibran

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” – Mark Twain

“By words the mind is winged.” – Aristophanes

“For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should indeed be careful what we say.” – Confucius

“He who wants to persuade should put his trust, not in the right argument, but in the right word.” – Joseph Conrad

“If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” – Steven Wright