A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember. – John Mason Brown

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. – Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927)

[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. – James Russell Lowell

A picture, it is said, is worth a thousand words, but cannot a few well-spoken words convey as many pictures? – Author Unknown