Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Aloha is free.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.