Similar quotesWords are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.
Mark Twain 
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Al Capone 
Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
Karl Marx 
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain 
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Horace 