“There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.”

“One will seem to promote virtue better by using encouragement and persuasion of speech than law and necessity. For it is likely that he who is held back from wrongdoing by law will err in secret but that he who is urged to what he should by persuasion will do nothing wrong either in secret or openly. Therefore he who acts rightly from understanding and knowledge proves to be at the same time courageous and right-minded.”

“The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.”

“Nothing is more attractive than universal appeal. That is what makes androgyny the peacekeeping persuasion.”

“Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.”

“One of these days the entire Western world will grind to a halt, its apparatus clogged with forms, files and memoranda.”