"Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Take away the sword; States can be saved without it; bring the pen!"

"Hinc quam sit calamus sævior euse, patet."

"Oh! nature's noblest gift—my gray-goose quill! Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from thy parent-bird t…"

"The pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly sing Made of a quill from an angel's wing."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"While the language of the lips is fleeting as the breath itself, and confined to a single spot as well as to a single…"

"When a filled pen is held point downwards, the ink it contains is acted on by a variety of forces, among which may be…"

"The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done."

"Whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing."