Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].