"You can see for what reason I commend the study of eloquence to you—because we can neither explain what we ourselves …"

"The shadow does not follow the body more closely than eloquence accompanies sagacity."

"What do you believe was on the mind ancient Romans that they called the arts of speaking humanity? They judged that, …"

"A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain."

"That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse."

"Every tongue that speaks But Romeo's name speaks heavenly eloquence."

"Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then I'll commend her volubility, And say she uttereth piercing eloquence."

"Action is eloquence."

"The most eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo-Sa…"

"Does the painter imitate the body correctly if he guides his brush without any method, and if his hand is moved at ra…"