A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

A quote is a lie meant to be used in a situation where it is not.

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the

I looked up fairness in the dictionary and it was not there.

And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.