Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.