In The Lives Of Individuals And Societies,

The Ultimate Law Of Language Is, Dare We Say, That Nothing Can Ever Reside In A Single Term. This Is A Direct Consequence Of The Fact That Linguistic Signs Are Unrelated To What They Designate And That, Therefore, 'a' Cannot Designate Anything Without The The Aid Of 'b' And Vice Versa, Or, In Other Words, That Both Have Value Only By The Difference Between Them.

Nearly All Institutions, It Might Be Said, Are Based On Signs, But These Signs Do Not Directly Evoke Things.

The Very Special Place That A Language Occupies Among Institutions Is Undeniable, But There Is Much More To Be Said-, A Comparison Would Tend Rather To Bring Out The Differences.

Psychologically Our Thought-apart From Its Expression In Words-is Only A Shapeless And Indistinct Mass.

Everyone, Left To His Own Devices, Forms An Idea About What Goes On In Language Which Is Very Far From The Truth.