What you do thunders above your head so loudly, I cannot hear the words you speak.
Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful
Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.
The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.
Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.
Wait, and thy soul shall speak.
Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.
Every man is eloquent once in his life.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
Eyes...They speak all languages.
The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
What you do speak so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.
Your actions speak so loud, I can't hear what you say.
Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.