Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.Aristotle
The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things as they were or are, things as they are said or thought to be, or things as they ought to be. The vehicle of expression is language - either current terms or, it may be, rare words or metaphors.Aristotle
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.Aristotle
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.Francois de La Rochefoucauld